Popotla Surf Forecast

/ Baja Norte (67 surf breaks) /

Mexico (244 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Popotla surfForecast / Baja Norte / Mexico

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT

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Popotla surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Popotla sea temperature is 20.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Popotla today?

The current surf forecast for Popotla at 4AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s

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

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	Wed 17		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	322	314	301	293	293	325	325	184	192	187	176	239	184	184	249	249	249	195	192	117	108	110	112	78
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	N	S	SW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	6:54PM 2.07					8:24AM 1.75			7:40PM 2.11					8:47AM 1.83				8:20PM 2.10				9:09AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)			1:53AM 0.22				1:42PM 0.90					2:25AM 0.23				2:21PM 0.77				2:52AM 0.29				2:56PM 0.65

	Wed 17		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46

Rain (mm)	2	-	2	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	23	22	22	23	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	24	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	23	22	22
Feels °C (?)	22	23	23	23	26	27	25	26	24	24	23	24	23	25	23	22	23	23	22	22	22	23	22	22

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Baja Norte

Wind Update On-shore wind 34 km from Popotla has just become cross-shore (light winds from the NE at Imperial Beach Airport). 0.8m 4s local chop from the WNW with a 0.7m 14s groundswell from the S and a 0.2m 14s groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 14 minutes ago Popotla

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34 km away, 2 h 14 min ago

19 km/h

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20.1

Air / Water (°C)

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