Papanoa surf break

Papanoa surfForecast / Guerrero / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 18 Apr 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
28.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Papanoa today?

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 8PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (18 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
1
3
3
3
3
3
0
0
1
2
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.9
SSW
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
Period(s) (?)131318131313161616161515151414141414141918181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)402307294307307312330326401242233279510515416411411399372450408522632751
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
0
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
SE
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
5
ESE
5
E
5
NNE
5
N
5
W
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossonononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:53PM
0.72
4:54PM
0.80
4:04AM
0.35
5:42PM
0.86
5:10AM
0.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:29AM
0.20
8:35AM
0.17
12:27AM
0.29
10:01AM
0.11
12:42AM
0.25
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise6:24-------6:24-------6:24-------
Sunset---6:59-------6:59-------7:00----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------1-1-
Temp. °C283030292727262629303029282726262931312927272726
Feels °C (?)313231313130292832313232333130303332323131313129
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