Playa Palancar Reef

Quintana Roo, México

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 8:00 AM Eastern Standard Time.

Fair

Ankle-high (0.5 m) at 5 s, heading toward WNW, with light cross-offshore wind toward SSW.

Swell

0.5 m

WNW

5 s

Wind

4 km/h

SSW

Cross-offshore

Tide

0.3 m

Falling

Weather

27 °C

Partly cloudy

30 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Friday, September 18, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Fair

0.7 m · 5 s

WNW

4 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

0.4 m

Mostly clear · 27 °C

1 AM

Poor

0.7 m · 5 s

WNW

7 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

SSW

Cross-shore

0.4 m

Partly cloudy · 26 °C

2 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

7 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

S

Cross-shore

0.4 m

Partly cloudy · 26 °C

3 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

7 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

S

Cross-shore

0.4 m

Partly cloudy · 26 °C

4 AM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

5 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

S

Cross-shore

0.4 m

Mostly clear · 26 °C

5 AM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

7 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

SSW

Offshore

0.4 m

Light drizzle · 26 °C

6 AM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

WNW

7 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

SSW

Offshore

0.4 m

Light drizzle · 26 °C

7 AM

Fair

0.5 m · 6 s

NW

6 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

SSW

Offshore

0.4 m

Overcast · 26 °C

8 AM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

WNW

4 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

SSW

Offshore

0.3 m

Partly cloudy · 27 °C

9 AM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

6 km/h · 17 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

0.3 m

Mostly clear · 29 °C

10 AM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

8 km/h · 23 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

0.3 m

Light drizzle · 30 °C

11 AM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

8 km/h · 24 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

0.3 m

Light drizzle · 31 °C

12 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

9 km/h · 27 km/h gusts

WNW

Offshore

0.3 m

Light drizzle · 32 °C

1 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

10 km/h · 29 km/h gusts

NW

Offshore

0.3 m

Light drizzle · 32 °C

2 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 6 s

WNW

10 km/h · 29 km/h gusts

WNW

Offshore

0.4 m

Light drizzle · 32 °C

3 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 6 s

WNW

10 km/h · 28 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

0.4 m

Thunderstorm · 31 °C

4 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 6 s

WNW

7 km/h · 28 km/h gusts

WNW

Offshore

0.4 m

Light drizzle · 30 °C

5 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 6 s

WNW

11 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

WNW

Offshore

0.4 m

Drizzle · 28 °C

6 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 6 s

WNW

9 km/h · 25 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

0.4 m

Overcast · 28 °C

7 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

8 km/h · 20 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

0.4 m

Overcast · 27 °C

8 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

9 km/h · 17 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

0.4 m

Overcast · 27 °C

9 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 6 s

WNW

3 km/h · 16 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

0.4 m

Overcast · 27 °C

10 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 6 s

WNW

5 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

SSW

Offshore

0.3 m

Partly cloudy · 27 °C

11 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 6 s

WNW

4 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

SSW

Offshore

0.3 m

Overcast · 26 °C

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