Puerto Vallarta closes port and beaches for Trudy

Puerto Vallarta was under a tropical storm warning as Hurricane Trudy moved toward the coast of west-central Mexico. Jalisco Alerta placed the municipality in an “orange alert” for a tropical cyclone.

The Port of Puerto Vallarta closed to all navigation at 19:00 on Saturday, October 17, 2026, as a preventive measure. The Secretaría de Marina also ordered a total closure for large and small vessels in the region, and decreed a red flag.

Puerto Vallarta’s beaches were closed ahead of expected rain, surf and possible tropical-storm-force winds. Large swells were affecting portions of southwestern Mexico and were expected to spread northward through the weekend. The swells were expected to cause life-threatening surf and rip-current conditions, while a dangerous storm surge accompanied by damaging waves was likely in areas with onshore winds within the warning areas.

At 0300 UTC, the center of Hurricane Trudy was near 18.2 north latitude and 105.7 west longitude, with maximum sustained winds near 85 knots. The hurricane was moving generally northwestward at 325 degrees and 8 knots. The National Hurricane Center forecast that continued northwestward motion would bring Trudy close to the coast of west-central Mexico overnight and Sunday.

Reports placed Trudy at Category 2 by the 15:00 update, with sustained winds of 155 kilometers per hour and gusts of 195 kilometers per hour. The 9:00 p.m. report located the hurricane 170 kilometers west-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, and classified it as Category 2. At noon, Trudy had still been a Category 1 hurricane 220 kilometers from Manzanillo.

Forecasts called for 4 to 8 inches of rain along the coasts of Michoacán, Colima and Jalisco through the weekend. The rainfall could produce life-threatening flooding and mudslides along and near the southwest Mexican coast in Michoacán, Colima and Jalisco. The flood and landslide risk was especially high in steep-terrain areas.

In Puerto Vallarta, the reported chance of sustained winds of at least 39 mph was 23% from Saturday evening into early Sunday and 26% from Sunday morning into Sunday evening. The cumulative chance through Sunday evening was reported at 49%. The chance of hurricane-force winds of 74 mph or more was 1%.

Municipal Civil Protection’s Technical Council remained in permanent session. An operations center at the Civil Protection and Firefighters facilities on Las Américas Avenue was to centralize decision-making, while initial actions focused on monitoring and identifying vulnerable areas affected by precipitation. Those areas included locations near rivers, streams and channels.

Authorities recommended preparing an emergency backpack with important documents, medicines and essential items, particularly for people requiring continuous treatment. They also urged residents to avoid beach areas and recreational activities in risk areas, follow official notices, and move to safe places or carry out preventive evacuations if necessary. Tourists and residents were recommended to remain attentive to authorities’ notices as conditions could change in beach and pier areas.