Punta Encomienda surfForecast / Oaxaca / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 CST
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Punta Encomienda surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Punta Encomienda sea temperature is
30.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Punta Encomienda today?

The current surf forecast for Punta Encomienda at 9PM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (17 Sep)5ft (1.5m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)141414141414141414141313131313121313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9439431061930917904862746714693595586284280280292378373307302157190108106
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NE
5
SE
10
SW
15
SW
5
SW
0
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
ESE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:26PM
0.75
11:12AM
0.92
11:32PM
0.75
12:12PM
0.87
12:41AM
0.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:40PM
0.22
4:33AM
0.15
5:40PM
0.24
5:42AM
0.21
6:40PM
0.25
6:56AM
0.24
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise------6:18-------6:18-------6:18-
Sunset-6:30-------6:29-------6:28------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
211-1---23231-124312111-
Temp. °C282826252524262927272625252527272726252525242728
Feels °C (?)313330282828303330323129292930303231292929273030
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Oaxaca

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Punta Encomienda (calm at Huatulco 138 km from Punta Encomienda). 1.4m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 1.2m 8s swell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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