Zipolite surf break

Zipolite surfForecast / Oaxaca / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 11 Mar 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
29.0° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Zipolite today?

The current surf forecast for Zipolite at 4AM is: 1.6m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)5ft (1.5m)15s
Afternoon (12 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (12 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
2
2
3
3
4
1
0
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616151515141414141414141313131313222121212120
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13411261124511679969248006426425775344274653363072461953123175847186496721100
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
NE
5
SE
15
S
15
SW
10
W
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NE
10
SE
15
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
ESE
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:31PM
0.98
8:39AM
0.69
9:15PM
0.93
9:21AM
0.65
10:03PM
0.88
10:12AM
0.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:59AM
0.18
2:34PM
0.10
3:45AM
0.21
3:17PM
0.13
4:36AM
0.23
4:08PM
0.15
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise----6:35-------6:35-------6:33---
Sunset-------6:35-------6:35-------6:36
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272626252830302826262625282929282626262528303029
Feels °C (?)282728273031303027282826303030302828282731313130
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