Salina Cruz Surf Forecast

/ Oaxaca (25 surf breaks) /

Mexico (244 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (16.18° N 95.12° W)

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Salina Cruz surfForecast / Oaxaca / Mexico

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 17 Aug 2025 CST

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Salina Cruz surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Salina Cruz sea temperature is 30.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Salina Cruz today?

The current surf forecast for Salina Cruz at 5PM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 17). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	12s
Afternoon (17 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	13s
Evening (17 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	18s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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	Sunday 17					Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	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	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	3	2	2	3	3	1	0	1	2	2	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	13	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	351	298	355	313	470	488	485	469	461	437	451	519	517	423	417	553	506	447	584	446	459	478	499	704
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNE	NE	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	ENE	ESE	SSE	N	N	N	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	8:51AM 1.23				8:58PM 0.90					9:48AM 1.18				9:55PM 0.86				10:49AM 1.16				10:59PM 0.85
Low Tide / height (m)				3:16PM 0.11				3:07AM -0.05				4:15PM 0.16				4:04AM -0.01				5:19PM 0.18				5:06AM 0.04

	Sunday 17					Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Oaxaca

Wind Update Cross-off wind 130 km from Salina Cruz has become light (light winds from the SE at Arriaga-Chis.). Waves should be turning clean at Salina Cruz. 0.8m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 8s swell from the SSE and a 0.4m 18s long period groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
49 minutes ago Salina Cruz

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