Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Zipolite today (18 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 18s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Zipolite at 4AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 17). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Jul) | 2ft (0.6m) | 18s |
| Afternoon (18 Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) | 12s |
| Evening (18 Jul) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Zipolite. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 31°C on Sat morning, min 25°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | ||||||||||||||||
9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 19 | S 12 | S 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 402 | 286 | 307 | 246 | 249 | 343 | 235 | 180 | 189 | 258 | 418 | 366 | 505 | 499 | 587 | 499 | 587 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | on | cross-on | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:33AM1.10m | 5:49PM1.13m | 6:27AM1.14m | 6:39PM1.06m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:20PM-0.05m | 11:40AM0.05m | 00:07AM-0.05m | 12:37PM0.08m | |||||||||||||
 | |  | |  | | | | | | | | | |  | | | |
 | — | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:00 | — |
mm | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 28 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 28 |
Feels °C | 31 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 32 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 31 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 13 | SSW 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 |
| kJ | 402 | 286 | 307 | 215 | 215 | 146 | 235 | 180 | 189 | 258 | 192 | 366 | 505 | 499 | 587 | 499 | 587 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | ESE 8 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 19 | SW 17 | ESE 8 | E 6 | ESE 9 | SW 19 | S 12 | SSW 13 | S 11 | SSW 11 | S 11 | S 11 |
| kJ | 50 | 42 | 192 | 246 | 249 | 343 | 224 | 48 | 30 | 50 | 418 | 139 | 218 | 93 | 123 | 119 | 121 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 7 | SW 17 | ESE 8 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SSW 10 | SE 9 | S 15 | ESE 9 | SW 16 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | S 13 | SE 9 | SE 8 | ESE 8 |
| kJ | 9 | 148 | 41 | 87 | 87 | 31 | 39 | 106 | 52 | 165 | 46 | 31 | 22 | 55 | 64 | 55 | 41 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 7 | WNW 3 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | — | SSE 8 | SW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 12 | 3 | 13 | 14 | — | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 90 | 90 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1042 | 126 | 126 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Oaxaca | |||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Mexico | |||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Zipolite surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest