Rio Papagayo Surf Forecast

/ Guerrero (35 surf breaks) /

Mexico (244 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (16.69° N 99.61° W)

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Rio Papagayo surfForecast / Guerrero / Mexico

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 21 Oct 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 29.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rio Papagayo today?

The current surf forecast for Rio Papagayo at 7PM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (21 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	14s
Evening (21 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	14s

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

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	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	2	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	20	20	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	489	469	424	318	362	367	302	255	222	367	367	367	367	362	301	297	257	200	183	180	178	186	186	178
Wind (km/h)	W	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNE	NNE	SW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:22PM 0.41					3:23AM 0.71				3:45PM 0.41				4:15AM 0.75				4:38PM 0.43				4:58AM 0.79
Low Tide / height (m)			7:53PM 0.29					10:49AM 0.28			9:00PM 0.26					11:27AM 0.23				9:53PM 0.22				11:59AM 0.20

	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-
Sunset	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-
Temp. °C	28	28	27	26	25	25	26	29	29	28	27	27	26	26	27	28	28	28	27	26	26	26	27	29
Feels °C (?)	31	32	31	31	29	29	31	34	33	32	31	31	30	30	31	31	30	30	30	29	30	30	31	32

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Guerrero

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Rio Papagayo (light winds from the WSW at Acapulco/General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport 17 km from Rio Papagayo). 0.9m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 6s windswell from the S and a 0.4m 17s long period groundswell from the SSW as well as a 0.3m 3s local chop from the WNW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 34 minutes ago Rio Papagayo

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17 km away, 1 h 34 min ago

11 km/h

WSW

0.0

29.6

Air / Water (°C)

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