Papanoa surf break

Papanoa surfForecast / Guerrero / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 18 Apr 2026 CST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
28.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Papanoa today?

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 4AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
0
0
1
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
2
3
3
3
4
3
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131316161616151515141414141414191818181817171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30731233032640124223327951051541641141139937245040852263275173456210421064
Wind
(km/h)
0
NW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
NE
5
N
5
W
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
ESE
15
SSW
20
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscrossoncross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:54PM
0.80
4:04AM
0.35
5:42PM
0.86
5:10AM
0.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
0.17
12:27AM
0.29
10:01AM
0.11
12:42AM
0.25
11:03AM
0.05
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise----6:24-------6:24-------6:22---
Sunset-------6:59-------7:00-------7:00
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------11-------
Temp. °C272726262930292827272626293131292727262628313129
Feels °C (?)323129293231303131323030323232323132292931333231
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