Mazatlan to Banderas Bay Forecast



January 1, 2026, 9:02 am (UTC: -05:00)
Subject: Mazatlan to Banderas Bay Forecast


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.WARNINGS.

...GALE WARNING...
.WITHIN 16N94W TO 16N95W TO 15N96W TO 14N95W TO 15N94W TO
16N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC... N WINDS 25 TO 35
KT. SEAS 2.5 M TO 3.0 M. WITHIN 16N94W TO 16N96W TO 13N98W TO
13N97W TO 13N95W TO 14N93W TO 16N94W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT.
SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M. WITHIN 13N94W TO 14N98W TO 12N104W TO 11N105W
TO 06N101W TO 07N95W TO 13N94W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO
3.0 M IN NE SWELL.
.06 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 16N94W TO 14N97W TO 12N99W TO 11N97W
TO 11N95W TO 12N93W TO 16N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF
TEHUANTEPEC... N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M.
WITHIN 10N96W TO 11N99W TO 11N105W TO 07N103W TO 05N97W TO 07N96W
TO 10N96W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 16N94W TO 16N95W TO 16N96W TO 15N96W TO
14N95W TO 15N94W TO 16N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...
N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.
.30 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS IMPROVE. WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS
LESS THAN 2.5 M.

DIVERGENT FLOW ALOFT AND DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE ARE INDUCING
SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION OVER THE JALISCO OFFSHORE WATERS,
THE ENTRANCE OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION
OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA. FRESH NW WINDS ARE OFFSHORE CABO
CORRIENTES WITH SEAS TO 5 FT. ELSEWHERE, WINDS ARE MODERATE OR
WEAKER, AND SEAS ARE SLIGHT TO MODERATE. IN THE GULF OF
CALIFORNIA, LIGHT WINDS AND SLIGHT SEAS PREVAIL.
FOR THE FORECAST, GALE-FORCE WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS TO 12 FT WILL
PREVAIL THROUGH THIS MORNING IN TEHUANTEPEC AS HIGH PRESSURE
SETTLES INTO EASTERN MEXICO. THE HIGH WILL WEAKEN AND SLIDE EAST
TODAY INTO FRI, AND WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH. FRESH TO
LOCALLY STRONG NNW WINDS OFFSHORE JALISCO WILL DIMINISH TO
MODERATE SPEEDS LATE FRI. OTHERWISE, LONG PERIOD NW SWELL WILL
BRING ROUGH SEAS TO THE BAJA CALIFORNIA OFFSHORE WATERS N OF CABO
SAN LAZARO SUN INTO MON.

SHORT-TERM MAZATLAN TO BAHIA BANDERAS
TODAY - NNW 14-17, Seas SW 2.3-2.8 ft @ 19sec
TONITE - N 9-11, Seas SSW 2.7-3 ft @ 13sec
FRIDAY - N 9-11, Seas SSW 2.7-3 ft @ 13sec
FRIDAY NIGHT - NNE 6-7, Seas S --? ft @ 14sec

LONG-TERM MAZATLAN TO BAHIA BANDERAS
SATURDAY - NNW 11-14, Seas NW 2.3-2.7 ft @ 6sec
SUNDAY - N 9-11, Seas SSW 2.2-2.7 ft @ 18sec
MONDAY - NW 4-5, Seas SSW 1-2.2 ft @ 14sec
TUESDAY - NW 6-8, Seas N/A ?-? ft @ ?
WEDNESDAY - WNW 8-10, Seas N/A ?-? ft @ ?