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Rucos surfForecast / Sinaloa / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 19 Apr 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
25.3° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rucos today?

The current surf forecast for Rucos at 6AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


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Sun
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
3
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)131212161515141413151914131818181817161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)147136136193181172165229142155123213201243243322318227273269582582575353
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
E
5
E
0
SE
10
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
0
ESE
0
NE
5
E
5
SE
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
E
5
SE
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglassglassglasscross-
on
ononglassglassglassoffglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:16PM
1.85
11:07AM
1.23
9:44PM
1.75
12:24PM
1.08
10:12PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:29AM
0.11
3:30PM
0.90
5:19AM
0.26
3:32PM
1.00
6:28AM
0.42
Sun
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise----5:41-------5:39-------5:39---
Sunset-------6:29-------6:29-------6:30
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232322212324252523232222232526252423232224262626
Feels °C (?)252625242625252626262524252627252625262426272525
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