Zipolite surf break

Zipolite surfForecast / Oaxaca / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 20 Apr 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
29.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Zipolite today?

The current surf forecast for Zipolite at 9PM is: 0.8m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 20). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 7s 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 (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)18s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
4
3
2
0
1
1
4
4
3
3
3
0
0
1
2
1
2
3
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)141418181817171616161616161515151414141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)38334042263275161758254294089310161003839785754744734752778605596478458444
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
N
10
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
S
15
SW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:06PM
1.25
5:25AM
0.83
5:57PM
1.23
6:16AM
0.85
6:48PM
1.18
7:09AM
0.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:36PM
-0.16
11:21AM
-0.21
12:25AM
-0.16
12:15PM
-0.19
1:14AM
-0.13
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:07-------6:07-------6:05-
Sunset-6:40-------6:40-------6:42------
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1--1-----1-------1-12--
Temp. °C312929282727303130302828282730313129282828272931
Feels °C (?)323131302930333231323131313034323230303131293132
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