August 26, 2025 Tsunami: Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
A tsunami of meteorological origin began at Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico on August 26, 2025. The water rose as high as 0.47 meters. Its effects were recorded at 7 places.
Where the waves reached
The source (white) and every runup with a place, colored by the water height recorded there. A ring is a runup NCEI marks doubtful.
- Under 1 m
- 1 to 3 m
- 3 to 10 m
- 10 to 30 m
- 30 m and more
- Height not recorded
The tsunami
- Date
- August 26, 2025
- Source
- Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
- Cause
- Meteorological
- Maximum water height
- 0.47 m (1.5 ft)
- Runups recorded
- 7
- Warning
- No warning issued
- Waters
- Ocean
- How certain
- Definite tsunami
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this tsunami.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
The National Meteorological Service (SMN-CONAGUA) reported an area of instability over the Yucatan Peninsula on August 26, 2025, associated with a low-pressure area caused by the passage of tropical wave number 26, which caused a meteotsunami at nearby tide gauge stations. (reference #14231, unofficial translation)
Every runup
Nearest the source first. Heights are above sea level at the time; a tide gauge reads half the wave’s full height.
| Where | Country | Km from source | Water height, m | Inland, m | Measured by | First wave, UTC | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celestun | Mexico | 0.47 | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) | ||||
| Sisal | Mexico | 0.33 | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) | day 26, 05:00 | |||
| Frontera | Mexico | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) | |||||
| Ciudad del Carmen | Mexico | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) | |||||
| Campeche | Mexico | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) | |||||
| Progreso | Mexico | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) | |||||
| Telchac | Mexico | Tide gauge (half the maximum wave height) |
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Sources
Tsunami events and runups from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI tsunami event 6083.