Rio Papagayo surfForecast / Guerrero / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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
30.3° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rio Papagayo today?

The current surf forecast for Rio Papagayo at 11AM is: 1.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)6ft (1.9m)15s
Afternoon (16 Sep)6ft (1.8m)15s
Evening (16 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)15s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
1
1
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)161615151515151515151414141414141414141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1654182815511511145212921292129212921145943930765477712778767756569640613604427491
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
S
10
S
10
SE
10
E
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
E
5
SE
5
S
5
S
0
SE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassglassglassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:13AM
0.88
8:50PM
0.61
9:54AM
0.82
9:33PM
0.60
10:37AM
0.75
10:21PM
0.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:18AM
-0.04
3:27PM
0.22
3:00AM
0.01
4:06PM
0.25
3:43AM
0.08
4:48PM
0.28
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
Sunrise--6:26-------6:26-------6:26-----
Sunset-----6:38-------6:37-------6:37--
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
1---124211342---------15
Temp. °C262527292928272626252627282827262625272929282726
Feels °C (?)302831323231313030293031323232303028313231313130
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Guerrero

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Rio Papagayo (light winds from the NE at Acapulco-Gro. 17 km from Rio Papagayo). 1.5m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.9m 8s swell from the S and a 0.6m 12s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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7 km/h
NE
0.0
30.3
Air / Water (°C)
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