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Papanoa surf break

Papanoa surfForecast / Guerrero / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am 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 7AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
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
Mon
19
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
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
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
WNW
Period(s) (?)141414141413131313131313131212161515151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11811881791211561541541141149611110610199958787888886848282
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassononglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off		ononcross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffglassononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:38AM
0.45
12:38AM
0.68
1:33AM
0.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:23AM
0.44
4:23PM
0.07
4:50PM
0.10
5:19PM
0.15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise--7:16-------7:16-------7:16-----
Sunset-----6:29-------6:30-------6:30--
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11--13121-------------1-
Temp. °C232325282827252323232528282725242323252829272424
Feels °C (?)252528303030282525252729293028262524262930292626
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