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Salsipuedes

When to go

Around 6:00 PM

Windy · Low confidence

3.7–3.7 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Wind: 12.4 kt · offshore

Forecast details
  • Wind blowing out to sea should help the waves stay clean.
Other wind windows

Plan around the wind

The best available upcoming daylight wind sample to compare with the wave evidence. This compares wind only; wave size, tide suitability, and hazards can change your choice.

  • 5:00 PM–6:00 PM · America/Tijuana

    Unfavorable wind · up to 12.5 kt · reported gusts up to 15.6 kt

    Caution: This is the best available wind comparison, not a favorable-wind label. The selected wind is unfavorable for this break.

    Offshore waves: 3.7–3.7 ft across the period. Surf height unavailable. Tide data unavailable.

    Wind source time: Sep 22, 4:30 PM PDT. This is not the model run issue time.
How these periods are chosen

The planner prefers three consecutive hourly samples covering two daylight hours, but retains shorter one- or two-sample evidence when that is all the forecast provides. Light wind means at most 6 kt. Moderate offshore means at most 12 kt from land toward the sea when shore orientation is verified. Strong wind or known gusts of 20 kt or more remain visible as cautions instead of making the entire comparison disappear. These are comparison labels, not locally tested surf-quality or safety ratings. Missing gusts remain unknown. Terrain shelter, currents, closures, and your ability are not assessed.

Forecast confidence
  • Returned marine grid point is 4.3 km from the mapped spot. Provider grid resolution is not established for this response.
  • Reference model hour: 0 hours from now; historical residuals do not measure forecast lead-time error.
  • No accepted local model for these inputs: missing history, unsupported direction/period/height, or failed historical validation.
  • Tide unavailable: assessment incomplete, especially at shallow reef breaks.
  • A mapped coordinate does not establish nearshore grid resolution or terrain/shelter accuracy.

Wind NNW 12.5 kt

Tide Unavailable

Wave, wind and tide details
Offshore model swellWSW 2.2 ft @ 10sValid 2026-09-22 17:00 · America/TijuanaMarine grid 31.9583, -116.7917 · offshore model, not a local measurement
Offshore model sea3.7 ft @ 8.1sSignificant wave height including wind waves and swell; not breaking surfValid 2026-09-22 17:00 · America/Tijuana
Model windNNW 12.5 ktcross-shoreValid 2026-09-22 17:00 · America/Tijuana7.6 kt offshore component
TideUnavailableunavailableNo verified local tide station connected; no tide height estimated
SEMAR Costa noroccidental de la Península de Baja California marine forecast

Current official 24/48-hour PDF includes coastal wind, wave-height (ft), and visibility tables. Open the bulletin for its tabular values; PDF values are not transcribed into breaking-surf estimates.

Official 24/48-hour Pacific marine bulletin covering 2026-09-22Costa noroccidental de la Península de Baja California; coastal marine wave height from the shoreline to 24 nautical miles, not breaking surfFile updated Sep 22, 7:13 AM PDT

Surf height unavailable. Coastal and offshore waves are not breaking-wave heights.

Surf and wind

Recommended window: No recommended window

Breaking surf is not reliably resolved. Hourly offshore swell and wind inputs are listed below.

Hourly forecast

Hourly surf forecast for Salsipuedes
TimeWindTideOffshore swell
NNW 6.1 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableWSW 1.8 ft @ 10s
N 4.2 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableWSW 1.8 ft @ 11s
N 4.7 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableWSW 1.8 ft @ 12s
NNW 6.8 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailableWSW 1.8 ft @ 12s
NNW 8.7 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailableWSW 1.9 ft @ 11s
NNW 10 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableWSW 1.9 ft @ 10s
N 8.9 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableW 2.0 ft @ 8s
N 7.8 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableW 2.2 ft @ 6s
NNW 5.6 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableWNW 2.4 ft @ 5s
NW 6.1 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailableWNW 2.3 ft @ 4s
WNW 7.3 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailableWNW 2.2 ft @ 5s
WNW 9 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailableWNW 2.2 ft @ 6s
WNW 10.6 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailableW 2.2 ft @ 8s
WNW 11.5 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailableWSW 2.1 ft @ 10s
WNW 11 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailableWSW 2.1 ft @ 11s
NW 12.9 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailableWSW 2.1 ft @ 11s
NW 13.2 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailableWSW 2.2 ft @ 11s
NNW 12.5 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailableWSW 2.2 ft @ 10s
NNW 12.4 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableWSW 2.3 ft @ 9s
NNW 10.8 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableW 2.4 ft @ 7s
NNW 10.3 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableWNW 2.5 ft @ 6s
NNW 10.7 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableWNW 2.6 ft @ 5s
NNW 10.3 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableWNW 2.6 ft @ 5s
NNW 10.1 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailableWNW 2.6 ft @ 5s
Unavailable
WindNNW 6.1 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWSW 1.8 ft @ 10s
Unavailable
WindN 4.2 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWSW 1.8 ft @ 11s
Unavailable
WindN 4.7 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWSW 1.8 ft @ 12s
Unavailable
WindNNW 6.8 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWSW 1.8 ft @ 12s
Unavailable
WindNNW 8.7 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWSW 1.9 ft @ 11s
Unavailable
WindNNW 10 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWSW 1.9 ft @ 10s
Unavailable
WindN 8.9 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 2.0 ft @ 8s
Unavailable
WindN 7.8 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 2.2 ft @ 6s
Unavailable
WindNNW 5.6 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 2.4 ft @ 5s
Unavailable
WindNW 6.1 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 2.3 ft @ 4s
Unavailable
WindWNW 7.3 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 2.2 ft @ 5s
Unavailable
WindWNW 9 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 2.2 ft @ 6s
Unavailable
WindWNW 10.6 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 2.2 ft @ 8s
Unavailable
WindWNW 11.5 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWSW 2.1 ft @ 10s
Unavailable
WindWNW 11 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWSW 2.1 ft @ 11s
Unavailable
WindNW 12.9 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWSW 2.1 ft @ 11s
Unavailable
WindNW 13.2 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWSW 2.2 ft @ 11s
Unavailable
WindNNW 12.5 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWSW 2.2 ft @ 10s
Unavailable
WindNNW 12.4 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWSW 2.3 ft @ 9s
Unavailable
WindNNW 10.8 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 2.4 ft @ 7s
Unavailable
WindNNW 10.3 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 2.5 ft @ 6s
Unavailable
WindNNW 10.7 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 2.6 ft @ 5s
Unavailable
WindNNW 10.3 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 2.6 ft @ 5s
Unavailable
WindNNW 10.1 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWNW 2.6 ft @ 5s

Tide

Local tide station unavailable

Tide predictions are unavailable for this period.

About this spot

Model-grid forecast requested at the mapped coordinate; reef, headland, and nearshore transformations are unresolved. Reef and point break.

Mapped spot coordinate: 31.98, -116.83.

Mainland · Coast not verified · Ocean-facing bearing 202.5° · Location provenance

Model request point: Salsipuedes (31.98, -116.83). Model output times describe valid conditions; the provider does not expose the model run issue time in this response.

Forecast sources

Data coverage 3/6 sources

Source availability is not forecast accuracy. Where an empirical model passes historical testing, its error and interval coverage are shown above. Source count cannot increase that confidence.

Coverage tier D · MEXICO · spot-level model point

  • SEMAR Costa noroccidental de la Península de Baja California marine forecast
    SEMAR Costa noroccidental de la Península de Baja California marine forecast; Costa noroccidental de la Península de Baja California; coastal marine wave height from the shoreline to 24 nautical miles, not breaking surf
    Current
  • The Buoy API
    No current same-exposure official Mexican wave observation with station identity, coordinates, timestamp, and units was verified.
    UnavailableNo source time
  • WorldTides API
    SEMAR publishes 2026 numerical tide-table PDFs for relevant ports, but no Worker-compatible PDF parser, station-distance assignment, datum contract, and timezone-safe event parser is connected.
    UnavailableNo source time
  • Open-Meteo Marine API
    1 of 1 configured model points available
    Current
  • Open-Meteo Weather API
    1 of 1 configured model points available
    Current
  • Copernicus Marine Global Ocean Waves
    Independent wave-model backend and cross-check; market adapter or station mapping not connected
    UnavailableNo source time
  • Surf-Forecast public pages
    Spot discovery and break-specific HTML fallback
    Not applicableNo source time
  • Surfline public spot pages
    Break-specific comparison, cams, and metadata
    Not applicableNo source time
How best guesses are made

Best guesses combine usable wave and wind evidence, with qualitative confidence and specific limitations. A missing tide or local surf-height model does not prevent useful guidance. Tide levels use the named station datum; their effect at this break remains uncertain. Wind direction is relative to the mapped beach orientation, without calibrated terrain or shelter effects. The comparison is a heuristic, not a measured quality rating.