Zipolite Surf Forecast

/ Oaxaca (25 surf breaks) /

Mexico (244 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (15.64° N 96.51° W)

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Zipolite surfForecast / Oaxaca / Mexico

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 30.2° 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 5PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	13s

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

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	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	15	15	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	862	849	724	693	683	586	362	249	222	297	384	312	367	361	258	146	146	106	104	217	255	209	171	169
Wind (km/h)	SW	WSW	WSW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNE	E	E	ESE	SW	WSW	WNW	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:31AM 1.02				11:51PM 0.85					12:34PM 0.98				12:59AM 0.88				1:34PM 0.95				1:59AM 0.93
Low Tide / height (m)				5:57PM 0.24					6:04AM 0.19				6:58PM 0.23				7:13AM 0.19				7:51PM 0.19

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	4	4	2	1	2	-	1	2	7	4	8	2	2	1	3	7	41	8	1	1
Temp. °C	27	28	28	27	26	26	26	26	27	28	28	27	26	26	25	25	27	28	27	26	25	25	25	25
Feels °C (?)	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	31	32	31	31	30	28	28	29	31	30	29	28	28	28	27

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Oaxaca

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Zipolite (light winds from the WSW at PuertoAngel-Oax. 4 km from Zipolite). 1.4m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.8m 8s swell from the SW and a 0.3m 12s groundswell from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 17 minutes ago Zipolite

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1 h 17 min ago

7 km/h

WSW

Clean

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