Zipolite surf break

Zipolite surfForecast / Oaxaca / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 15 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
28.1° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Zipolite today?

The current surf forecast for Zipolite at 10PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 15). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 3.0m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)131514141414141414131313131313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)419310281818181807510211611611411411311192101999896818155
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
W
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
NE
10
E
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
0
ENE
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
0
ESE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crossononglassglassoffcross-
off
offglassonononglassoffoffcross-
off
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:27AM
0.94
12:36PM
0.56
1:19AM
0.94
1:35PM
0.57
2:09AM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:28PM
0.16
7:18AM
0.25
6:22PM
0.17
8:11AM
0.22
7:17PM
0.16
8:57AM
0.18
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-
Sunset-6:14-------6:14-------6:15------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282625242323252827262424242426292826252424232628
Feels °C (?)292726252423262827282625252528302928282625242829
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