Thirty-year time series of hindcast wave data were analysed for ten coastal locations along the eastern Mexican coast to obtain information about storm events occurring in the region, with the goal to examine the possible presence of interannual trends in the number of wave storm events and their main features (wave height, duration and energy content). The storms were defined according to their significant wave height and duration, and the events were classified as related to either tropical cyclones or Norte events. The occurrence and characteristics of both types of events were analysed independently. There is no statistically significant change in the number of wave storm events related to Nortes or their characteristics during the study period. However, there is a subtle increase in the number of events related to tropical cyclones in the western Caribbean region and a more evident increase in wave height and energy content of these events.