Playful sized S-SW swells forecast to move in over the next few days but not much brewing in the long-range charts

Central America and Mainland Mexico Short-Range Surf Forecast

Still expecting a few rideable waves on tap as we move through the week thanks to a couple of overlapping S-SW swells tracking in from (200-220).

These swells are the leftovers from the more active storm track that we had going in the SPAC last week…but after they hit there isn’t much in the long-range charts that will follow them in.

At this point I am expecting the surf to hold in the chest-shoulder high range for the more average SW facing spots throughout the region, while the standout breaks that can focus these swells see some head high sets maybe even a couple of overhead peaks if all the conditions are coming together. Neither of these swells are super powerful…and you can see on the 7-day graph that the peak with about 3 feet of deepwater swell around 13-15 seconds which means they don’t get the multiplier that you would have if the swell energy was in the real long-periods.

As always for more details on your favorite spots and regions in Central America and Mainland Mexico check out the links below…you can drill down to a specific break and get a custom forecast, targeted weather, tides, and surf conditions dialed in for that particular spot.

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Long-Range Surf forecast Central America and Mainland Mexico

Long range for the SPAC went from mildly bad looking to pretty craptacular over the last few days. The current forecast has no significant storms forming in the South Pacific…just little blips of fetch around the tip of South America and New Zealand that aren’t really in the regions swell window…particularly when you factor in distance and weak intensity of those storms.

So based on this forecast run I am expecting the surf to drop off as we head toward the end of February and nothing really in the works to replace those fun-size swells once they have faded out. Hopefully this is just a short-term gap in the storm production and that we see something brew up pretty fast so that we can get early spring back on track.

The Next Mainland Mexico and Central America surf forecast will be updated Friday Feb 24, 2012

Adam Wright
Surf Forecaster
http://surf.solspot.com