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Rio Papagayo surfForecast / Guerrero / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 CST
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Rio Papagayo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rio Papagayo sea temperature is
28.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Rio Papagayo today?

The current surf forecast for Rio Papagayo at 9PM is: 0.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)--
Afternoon (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (13 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SE
0.2
SSW
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SSE
0.3
W
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1061666641213141515151616161314141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)271525106631516212121224964504475811181181188179
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
10
SW
20
WSW
20
W
10
WNW
5
N
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
SSE
15
S
5
SW
0
WNW
0
E
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
on		ononglassglassoffoffoffon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:40PM
0.78
9:36AM
0.48
11:22PM
0.76
9:59AM
0.44
12:08AM
0.75
10:22AM
0.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:20PM
0.08
5:05AM
0.35
3:49PM
0.08
5:58AM
0.37
4:21PM
0.09
7:05AM
0.38
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise------7:09-------7:09-------7:09-
Sunset-6:22-------6:23-------6:24------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------241--
Temp. °C282726252424252828272625242426292827262524242528
Feels °C (?)282828272626273029282828262628312930303027272830
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