Papanoa surf break

Papanoa surfForecast / Guerrero / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 21 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
28.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Papanoa today?

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 3PM is: 1.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)17s
Afternoon (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Evening (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
2
2
3
3
4
3
2
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1
S
1.4
SSW
1.4
S
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
S
1.1
SSW
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)171716161616161515151514141414141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)73456210421004102910161003986764773811734724613596485465434444350350350345339
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
WNW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:24PM
0.89
6:00AM
0.48
7:03PM
0.89
6:46AM
0.54
7:39PM
0.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:03AM
0.05
1:05AM
0.22
11:56AM
0.01
1:33AM
0.20
12:43PM
0.01
2:01AM
0.19
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise6:22-------6:22-------6:22-------
Sunset---7:00-------7:00-------7:00----
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--11-----------1--------
Temp. °C293131302827272629313129282726252831302927262525
Feels °C (?)333333333230302932313231313029283031302928282727
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