Monterrico, Guatemala

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Monterrico. Photo: DrStockPhoto.com, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Monterrico

Monterrico is a town in Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala. From Monterrico you can reach 2 surf spots. The nearest is Monterrico, a surf spot 0.4 km from the centre. Overture lists 56 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

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Staying in Monterrico

  • 56 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Monterrico.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. The best of the spots that stay in Monterrico each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Surf spots within 20 km of Monterrico: Mon 19 Oct to Sun 25 Oct
SpotMon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25
Hawaii8.3 kmabout 15 min by carIntermediate and up5 ft594 kJwind from the north-north-east, 4 knots, offshore4 ft471 kJwind from the north, 4 knots, offshore4 ft266 kJwind from the south-east, 2 knots5 ft558 kJwind from the south, 4 knots5 ft500 kJwind from the south-south-west, 0 knots4 ft390 kJwind from the west, 3 knots4 ft290 kJwind from the east-north-east, 1 knot
All readings for Hawaii: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Hawaii, each day
DayScorefor Inter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct52, good5 ft11 ssoft594kJwind from the north-north-east, 4 knots, offshore32°C
Tue 20Oct57, good4 ft11 ssoft471kJwind from the north, 4 knots, offshore30°C
Wed 21Oct64, good4 ft9 ssoft266kJwind from the south-east, 2 knots31°C
Thu 22Oct57, good5 ft11 ssoft558kJwind from the south, 4 knots31°C
Fri 23Oct58, good5 ft11 ssoft500kJwind from the south-south-west, 0 knots31°C
Sat 24Oct68, good4 ft11 ssoft390kJwind from the west, 3 knots31°C
Sun 25Oct67, good4 ft11 ssoft290kJwind from the east-north-east, 1 knot32°C
Monterrico0.4 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up5 ft599 kJwind from the north-east, 4 knots, offshore5 ft481 kJwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, offshore4 ft290 kJwind from the south, 3 knots5 ft573 kJwind from the north-east, 1 knot, offshore5 ft510 kJwind from the south-west, 3 knots4 ft399 kJwind from the west-south-west, 4 knots4 ft300 kJwind from the south-east, 3 knots
All readings for Monterrico: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Monterrico, each day
DayScorefor Inter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct53, good5 ft11 ssoft599kJwind from the north-east, 4 knots, offshore30°C
Tue 20Oct51, good5 ft11 ssoft481kJwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, offshore29°C
Wed 21Oct59, good4 ft9 ssoft290kJwind from the south, 3 knots29°C
Thu 22Oct48, good5 ft11 ssoft573kJwind from the north-east, 1 knot, offshore29°C
Fri 23Oct55, good5 ft11 ssoft510kJwind from the south-west, 3 knots29°C
Sat 24Oct65, good4 ft11 ssoft399kJwind from the west-south-west, 4 knots30°C
Sun 25Oct64, good4 ft11 ssoft300kJwind from the south-east, 3 knots30°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Monterrico, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Places to eat near Monterrico

  • Restaurante La CostaSeafood · 0.1 km from the centre
  • Roaldo's Restaurant0.2 km from the centre
  • Restaurante López MonterricoSeafood · 0.3 km from the centre
  • Restaurante Las Hamacas0.1 km from the centre
  • Restaurante Susi0.1 km from the centre
  • Comida De Tere0.2 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits