- SW swell is in this spot’s window
- Enough swell for it to break properly
- Barely any wind — it will be glassy
- Tide is rising, which suits it
- Wind is onshore here
The town wave, and the one every surf school uses. Soft, forgiving
and long on a good day, which is exactly why it is crowded from
about nine in the morning. Dawn is a different wave entirely.
- Wave
- Right-hand point and beach break over sand
- Suits
- Beginner to intermediate
- Crowd
- Very busy
- Best tide
- Rising
- SW swell is in this spot’s window
- Enough swell for it to break properly
- Barely any wind — it will be glassy
- Wind is onshore here
More punch than Sayulita and a shorebreak that means it. Fun at a
moderate size; on a big day the rips and the closeouts are a real
handful and it is not the place to be learning.
- Wave
- Beach break, shifting peaks
- Suits
- Intermediate and up
- Crowd
- Moderate
- Best tide
- Works through the tide
- SW swell is in this spot’s window
- Barely any wind — it will be glassy
- On the small side for here
- Wind is onshore here
Needs a bit of size before it does anything, which is the point of
it — when there is a real swell running this side picks up
and takes the pressure off the main peak.
- Wave
- Left over sand and rock
- Suits
- Intermediate
- Crowd
- Quieter
- Best tide
- Works through the tide
- Enough swell for it to break properly
- Barely any wind — it will be glassy
- Tide is rising, which suits it
- Swell is out of its window — wrapping in at best
- Wind is onshore here
Park on the highway and walk in through the jungle, about ten
minutes. Long, workable rights and the most consistent thing in
the area — it picks up west and north-west swell that
Sayulita barely notices.
- Wave
- Right point over sand and rock
- Suits
- All levels when it is small
- Crowd
- Moderate to busy
- Best tide
- Rising
Anclote
Punta de Mita · 30 min
Probably not
- Enough swell for it to break properly
- Barely any wind — it will be glassy
- Tide is rising, which suits it
- Swell is out of its window — wrapping in at best
- Wind is onshore here
The one to drive to when everywhere else is flat. Slow, soft and
very long — a logger’s wave, and the gentlest paddle-out
in the bay.
- Wave
- Long mellow right point
- Suits
- Beginner, and every longboarder
- Crowd
- Moderate
- Best tide
- Rising
- Barely any wind — it will be glassy
- Swell is out of its window — wrapping in at best
- On the small side for here
- Wind is onshore here
Faster and shallower than anything else here, over rock, and it
wants a proper north-west swell before it is worth the drive. Wear
something on your feet getting in.
- Wave
- Right point over rock
- Suits
- Experienced
- Crowd
- Moderate
- Best tide
- Works through the tide
