Papanoa surf break

Papanoa surfForecast / Guerrero / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
30.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Papanoa today?

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 6AM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)4ft (1.2m)14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
S
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.9
WSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)14141414141314131313131313131312131212128141515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)578578767561522595394427468475384331276276215243350190187148104141255255
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
ENE
5
NE
5
N
5
N
5
S
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
E
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
offglassglassononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassoffglasscross-
on
onglassglassglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
onglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:01PM
0.58
10:14AM
0.72
9:35PM
0.57
10:44AM
0.64
10:12PM
0.54
11:13AM
0.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:18AM
0.06
4:10PM
0.31
3:50AM
0.14
4:36PM
0.33
4:24AM
0.24
5:03PM
0.36
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise----6:31-------6:31-------6:31---
Sunset-------6:42-------6:42-------6:40
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
--1---13211-1233211--143
Temp. °C272626262729292827262625272828272626262527282827
Feels °C (?)333030303133333232303029323232323130302931323232
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Guerrero

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 36 km away suggest it is still onshore at Papanoa (strong winds from the S at SHIP7250). 1.4m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.8m 7s swell from the S and a 0.6m 9s swell from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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36 km away, 2 h 7 min ago

42.48 km/h
S
0.0
30.2
Air / Water (°C)
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