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Zipolite surfForecast / Oaxaca / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 24 Jan 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
28.6° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Zipolite today?

The current surf forecast for Zipolite at 7PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (24 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (24 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)121616121215141414141313131313131212121212121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)98979498981671201831751612041561561541511451319812912996131183135
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
10
WNW
10
N
5
NE
10
NE
5
ESE
15
S
15
SW
10
SW
5
NW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:22AM
0.95
7:02PM
1.10
7:05AM
0.90
7:47PM
1.14
7:49AM
0.85
8:36PM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:33PM
-0.03
1:16AM
0.10
1:12PM
-0.04
2:08AM
0.10
1:53PM
-0.06
3:01AM
0.12
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------
Sunset---6:19-------6:20-------6:20----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------1-----
Temp. °C263030282625252427293028262524242729282726242322
Feels °C (?)293231302826262529303129292726263031303029252321
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