Snow-ForecastSnow-ForecastMountain-ForecastMountain-ForecastTide-ForecastTide-ForecastWeather-ForecastWeather-Forecast
Search by country, region, or break
Search by country, region, or break

Quick Links

Surf Forecasts:

Papanoa surf break

Papanoa surfForecast / Guerrero / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 12 Jan 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
28.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Papanoa today?

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 11PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)--
Afternoon (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent 
12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
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
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111110131677666614151515161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)474747473041302926162511101010101021215545496450
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
W
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
N
0
NE
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
NW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
NW
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglassoncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:02PM
0.74
8:44AM
0.50
10:37PM
0.73
8:54AM
0.47
11:13PM
0.72
8:53AM
0.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:45PM
0.08
4:09AM
0.36
3:08PM
0.07
4:48AM
0.39
3:31PM
0.06
5:29AM
0.41
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise------7:15-------7:15-------7:15-
Sunset-6:27-------6:27-------6:28------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C292725242424262829272524242425282827252423232629
Feels °C (?)302927252525282930292726252526302929282725242730
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

The World’s Most Inconsistent Waves
Ben Mondy

The World’s Most Inconsistent Waves

Huntington, Dribbleton, Virginia, Holland and the Superbank! We recently had a look at the world’s most consistent waves. This was based on the combination of swells and wind directed at 7,000 surf spots, as compiled from our data since 2006. Those stats, represented in easy-to-read graphics, are located under each wave’s spot guides, with historical swell and wind breakdowns available by month, season, and year. There is also an offshore filter, which shows how often the swells come with clean

Read more

Read more

Discover more articles and updates in the Greenroom.

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Papanoa surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

View detailed surf forecast for Papanoa at:
surf-forecast.com

Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest