Punta Palmilla surf break

Punta Palmilla surfForecast / Baja Sur / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 08 Aug 2025 MST
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Punta Palmilla surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Punta Palmilla sea temperature is
29.6° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Punta Palmilla today?

The current surf forecast for Punta Palmilla at 3PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 2.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Aug)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (08 Aug)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (08 Aug)5ft (1.6m)9s

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

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Friday
08
Saturday
09
Sunday
10
Mon
11
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SE
3
SE
2.5
SSE
2
SE
1.6
SE
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)1211109919191912121918181818181818191917171717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3730268825481554811908100468841135962570311301323127811809621272146319371665153214641407
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
E
20
ESE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
15
S
15
SSW
20
SW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:55AM
1.32
7:53PM
1.78
9:17AM
1.38
8:29PM
1.79
9:40AM
1.44
9:06PM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:51PM
0.75
2:50AM
0.03
2:27PM
0.66
3:17AM
0.07
3:04PM
0.59
3:44AM
0.15
Friday
08
Saturday
09
Sunday
10
Mon
11
Sunrise5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------
Sunset---6:55-------6:54-------6:54----
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Rain (mm)
7324135411--------------
Temp. °C272828262727272627282828272727262829292928272626
Feels °C (?)292930292928302831313031303131293231313030292828
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Baja Sur

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Punta Palmilla (moderate winds from the ENE at Lienzo Charro wx 13 km from Punta Palmilla). 2.1m 10s swell from the SE with a 0.7m 13s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.5m 17s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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24 km/h
ENE
Cross-On
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