Zipolite surf break

Zipolite surfForecast / Oaxaca / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 20 Feb 2026 CST
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Zipolite surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Zipolite sea temperature is
28.5° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Zipolite today?

The current surf forecast for Zipolite at 10AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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

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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131313131313131313131212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20620319118318014017817517513617214710910810910610172717171717156
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
0
SE
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
5
NNW
0
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:36AM
0.96
5:10PM
1.12
5:20AM
0.96
5:54PM
1.20
6:04AM
0.94
6:40PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:45AM
0.02
11:25PM
0.07
11:25AM
-0.02
12:14AM
0.04
12:07PM
-0.06
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise--6:48-------6:48-------6:47-----
Sunset-----6:30-------6:30-------6:30--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242427292927252524232629292725242423262929272625
Feels °C (?)252528292827262625242729292827262624283029282827
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