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Papanoa surf break

Papanoa surfForecast / Guerrero / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 17 Jan 2026 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
28.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Papanoa today?

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 11PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131212121515151515151416161515151611111113181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10610199988787888886848281817873696848343331808080
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SW
10
N
5
NNW
10
N
5
N
0
WNW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NE
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
5
N
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:33AM
0.65
2:41AM
0.64
3:59AM
0.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:50PM
0.10
5:19PM
0.15
5:49PM
0.21
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise------7:16-------7:16-------7:16-
Sunset-6:30-------6:30-------6:30------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C292725252424262929272524232425282927252423232528
Feels °C (?)312927272525283030292826242627293028272625252730
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