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Papanoa surf break

Papanoa surfForecast / Guerrero / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am 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 7AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
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
Tue
20
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
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
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
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121615151515151514161615151516111113
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11411496111106101999587878888868482828178736968483433
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
NE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NE
5
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
NW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
on		ononcross-
off		cross-
off		offglassglassononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:38AM
0.68
1:33AM
0.65
2:41AM
0.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:50PM
0.10
5:19PM
0.15
5:49PM
0.21
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise--7:16-------7:16-------7:16-----
Sunset-----6:30-------6:30-------6:30--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232325282927252424242629292725242323252829272524
Feels °C (?)252427293129272625252830302927262424262930282726
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