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Papanoa surf break

Papanoa surfForecast / Guerrero / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 16 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
28.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Papanoa today?

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 9PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)--
Afternoon (16 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
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
Period(s) (?)141313131313131313121216151515151515141616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)121156154154114114961111021019995878788888684828281787369
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
S
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
NNW
5
N
10
N
5
N
5
NE
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
5
NE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglasscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		ononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		glassononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassoffon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:38AM
0.68
1:33AM
0.65
2:41AM
0.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:23PM
0.07
4:50PM
0.10
5:19PM
0.15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise------7:16-------7:16-------7:16-
Sunset-6:29-------6:30-------6:30------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
12121-------------------
Temp. °C272725232323252828272524242325282927252423242529
Feels °C (?)293028252525272929292726252426293029272624252630
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