Playa Santa Maria surfForecast / Baja Norte / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 PDT
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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
19.1° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Playa Santa Maria today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Santa Maria at 11AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)141414131414141313131313131313131212121216121215
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)43139439418424319534734227727327324924924626926511210610610615715511977
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
W
0
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassononcrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:25AM
1.72
7:38PM
2.05
8:45AM
1.82
8:18PM
2.07
9:05AM
1.90
8:54PM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:54AM
0.27
1:43PM
0.95
2:24AM
0.27
2:20PM
0.79
2:50AM
0.31
2:53PM
0.65
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise--6:28-------6:28-------6:30-----
Sunset-----6:45-------6:44-------6:43--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222223242423222121202122232221212020202221232120
Feels °C (?)252526262524242222212323232221222021212321212020
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Baja Norte

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off wind 251 km from Playa Santa Maria has become light (light winds from the ESE at Puerto Penasco Airport). Waves should be turning clean at Playa Santa Maria. A 0.7m groundswell from the SSW

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