Zipolite Surf Break

Lat Long: 15.64° N 96.51° W

Zipolite 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 17 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Zipolite sea temperature is
30.6° C
1.2° 

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


How big are the waves at Zipolite today (18 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 18s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Zipolite at 4AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 17). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jul)2ft (0.6m)18s
Afternoon (18 Jul)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (18 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 31°C on Sat morning, min 25°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
18
Sunday
19
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.6
SW
18
0.6
SW
18
0.7
SW
19
0.9
S
12
0.8
S
12
0.8
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.8
SW
19
0.8
SW
18
0.9
SW
17
0.9
SW
17
1
SW
17
0.9
SW
17
1
SW
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
402
286
307
246
249
343
235
180
189
258
418
366
505
499
587
499
587
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
N
5
ESE
10
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
0
ENE
10
S
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
5:33AM1.10m
5:49PM1.13m
6:27AM1.14m
6:39PM1.06m
Low Tide
11:20PM-0.05m
11:40AM0.05m
00:07AM-0.05m
12:37PM0.08m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:03
6:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:00
7:00
 mm
4
2
1
Temp °C
28
26
26
25
29
31
31
29
27
26
26
26
29
31
31
30
28
Feels °C
31
28
28
27
32
34
32
32
30
28
28
28
32
33
33
33
31
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