Punta Santo Domingo Water Temperature and Wetsuit Guide
(Baja Sur, Mexico)
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Today's Punta Santo Domingo sea temperature is 16.2 °C
(Which is 2.6°C colder than average for this time of year)
| Mean: | 18.8 °C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Range: | 17.1 °C to 21.2 °C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.
The water temperature (16 °C) at Punta Santo Domingo is quite cool. If the sun shines as we have forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good spring wetsuit. Effective windchill factor of (18 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.
Map of current Mexico Surface Water Temperatures based on measurements from oceanographic satellites |
Map of current Mexico Sea Water Temperature Anomalies (compared with long term averages at this time of year) |
(click thumbnails to expand)
Below is a graph of Historical Sea Surface Temperature for Punta Santo Domingo. This has been derived from analysis of two decades of oceanographic satellite measurements of nearby open water. We have calculated the average water temperature variation around the year as well as the extremes that have been observed on each date.
All of the graphs for the surf breaks presented on Surf-Forecast.com are on the same scale to enable comparison between locations around the world.
Punta Santo Domingo water temperatures peak in the range 24 to 29°C (75 to 84°F) on around the 8th of September and are at their lowest on about the 26th of March, in the range 17 to 20°C (63 to 68°F). Year round warm water temperatures at Punta Santo Domingo climb to their maximum in early to mid September. Even then a rash vest and board shorts should be fine for surfing at any time of year. The lowest Punta Santo Domingo water temperatures in the fourth week of March require something like a 3/2mm fully sealed wetsuit.
Actual sea surface water temperatures close to shore at Punta Santo Domingo can vary by several degrees compared with these open water averages. This is especially true after heavy rain, close to river mouths or after long periods of strong offshore winds. Offshore winds cause colder deep water to replace surface water that has been warmed by the sun. Air temperature, wind-chill and sunshine should also be considered before deciding on the kind of wetsuit needed to stay warm when surfing at Punta Santo Domingo. Refer to our detailed weather forecasts for this information.
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