Nazare Big Wave Challenge Gets Yellow Alert, Could Run Saturday in Giant Waves
70-foot plus waves predicted for Portuguese big wave tow surfing competition.
Surf Forecasts:
Ticla surfForecast / Michoacan / Mexico
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 14 Dec 2025 CSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Ticla surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ticla sea temperature is
28.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Ticla today?
The current surf forecast for Ticla at 12AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm December 14). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (15 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 16s |
| Evening (15 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Ticla. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 75 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 66 | 127 | 127 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 56 | 104 | 171 | 171 | 171 | 104 | 104 | 102 | 89 | 120 | 87 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | glass | cross | cross- off | glass | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:13PM 0.59 | 6:45AM 0.63 | 9:33PM 0.60 | 6:55AM 0.64 | 9:52PM 0.60 | 7:11AM 0.66 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 1:59PM 0.19 | 1:46AM 0.47 | 2:14PM 0.15 | 2:05AM 0.49 | 2:31PM 0.11 | 2:20AM 0.50 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:18 | - |
| Sunset | - | 6:19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 |  |  | |  | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 |
| Feels °C (?) | 31 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 29 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Latest Updates
Buy Less, Surf More This Black Friday
Surf-forecast is providing a free, all-access pass to our premium features and 12-day forecasts all weekend.
Quiksilver Teams Up With PrimaLoft® For World’s First Thermal Layering System for a Wetsuit.
Previously used in our snow jackets for mountain conditions, PrimaLoft® technology is making its debut in the surf industry. The aim is to bring mountain-grade warmth to the waves.
Vancouver Island’s Day Of Days With Reed Platenius
Surf-Forecast recently helped the 21-year-old Canadian pro surfer and adventurer score some cold water perfection at home.
Read more
Discover more articles and updates in the Greenroom.
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Ticla surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest