Papanoa surf break

Papanoa surfForecast / Guerrero / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 23 Aug 2025 CST
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Papanoa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Papanoa sea temperature is
30.9° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Papanoa today?

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 10AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 23). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (23 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (23 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

Table - waves today at Papanoa. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tue
26
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
2
2
2
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
1.1
SW
1.3
SSW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141414212114141314202020201919181819181718
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)691861728635573768100395080961648866397714341269124279988594112441433154212431108
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
NE
0
NE
5
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
0
W
5
NNE
15
NNE
5
N
0
N
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglassonononglasscross-
off
offoffglassononcross-
on
glassglassoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:22PM
0.58
12:20AM
0.45
2:51PM
0.53
4:07AM
0.46
4:37PM
0.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:37AM
0.21
8:14PM
0.41
6:53AM
0.32
10:18PM
0.38
10:12AM
0.37
11:13PM
0.32
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tue
26
Sunrise--6:26-------6:28-------6:28-----
Sunset-----7:02-------7:01-------7:00--
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
4-------------125-----12
Temp. °C262627303029272626262830302928272426283031292827
Feels °C (?)283032343333312930303333333333322629323233323332
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Guerrero

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off wind 89 km from Papanoa has become light (calm at Ixtapa Zihuatane Airport). Waves should be turning clean at Papanoa. 0.9m 10s swell from the S with a 0.9m 15s groundswell from the SW and a 0.4m 4s local chop from the ESE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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