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Playa de Fortuna surfForecast / Jalisco / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 17 Jan 2026 CST
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Playa de Fortuna surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa de Fortuna sea temperature is
27.3° C
 (Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa de Fortuna today?

The current surf forecast for Playa de Fortuna at 10PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

Table - waves today at Playa de Fortuna. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
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
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)151514141414141414131313131313131212181716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)339443437437400325321316299282277222195192189142133129124172237234232223
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
SW
10
W
15
NW
5
N
5
SE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
S
10
WSW
15
W
10
NW
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassoncross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		glassglassglassoncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:11PM
0.99
8:39AM
1.23
10:31PM
1.00
9:09AM
1.24
10:52PM
1.01
9:39AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:22PM
0.05
2:55AM
0.67
3:47PM
0.04
3:20AM
0.64
4:12PM
0.06
3:49AM
0.61
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise------7:37-------7:37-------7:37-
Sunset-6:43-------6:44-------6:45------
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C282624232222232728272524232323282826242423222425
Feels °C (?)282726252424252829282827252625312927262725242726
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