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Rucos surfForecast / Sinaloa / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 16 Jan 2026 MST
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Rucos surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rucos sea temperature is
24.3° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rucos today?

The current surf forecast for Rucos at 11PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)--
Afternoon (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131313131313121212121212121212121616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1188180776999116114138966563595756565656565535396362
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
NW
15
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
5
NW
10
NNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
W
15
W
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
N
5
ENE
0
NNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
off		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:53PM
1.32
7:20AM
1.71
9:15PM
1.35
7:53AM
1.76
9:37PM
1.37
8:25AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:05PM
0.14
1:29AM
0.94
2:32PM
0.08
1:57AM
0.88
2:59PM
0.06
2:28AM
0.83
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise------6:50-------6:50-------6:50-
Sunset-5:42-------5:42-------5:43------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242323222221222425242322212121242424232322222225
Feels °C (?)242423232421222322212021202121242323222323232426
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