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Playa Santa Maria surfForecast / Baja Norte / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 12 Feb 2026 PST
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Playa Santa Maria surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa Santa Maria sea temperature is
18.0° C
 (Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa Santa Maria today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Santa Maria at 11PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 12). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)--
Afternoon (12 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (12 Feb)2ft (0.6m)16s

Table - waves today at Playa Santa Maria. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161615151515151415161413131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2642642081271221462171712171712140016315615411611611611611411411363
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
N
5
WNW
10
NW
5
NE
5
NNW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
on		crossoffglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:48PM
1.42
5:51AM
1.98
8:01PM
1.49
6:34AM
2.11
8:19PM
1.57
7:12AM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:50PM
0.46
11:34PM
1.25
1:21PM
0.33
12:22AM
1.15
1:49PM
0.22
1:02AM
1.03
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise------6:24-------6:24-------6:24-
Sunset-5:29-------5:30-------5:30------
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181615151515151617161515141414161717151615141416
Feels °C (?)151212121212131213111314121314151514131513131314
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