Chacahua, Mexico

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Puerto Escondido en cuatro días
Near Chacahua, 1 km away. Photo: Carlos Miguélez Monroy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Chacahua

Chacahua is a town in Oaxaca, Mexico. From Chacahua you can reach 2 surf spots. The nearest is Chacahua, a surf spot 1.4 km from the centre. Overture lists 14 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is PXM, 64 km away.

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Staying in Chacahua

  • 14 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: PXM, 64 km, HUX, 153 km, OAX, 153 km

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Where it is

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

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Chacahua too.

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.

Surf spots within 20 km of Chacahua: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Punta Encomienda14.9 kmabout 30 min by car5 ft798 kJwind from the south-south-east, 3 knots, good5 ft541 kJwind from the east, 2 knots, fair4 ft410 kJwind from the west, 2 knots, too small4 ft302 kJwind from the east-south-east, 1 knot, too small4 ft475 kJwind from the east, 2 knots, too small4 ft492 kJwind from the west-north-west, 1 knot, fair4 ft370 kJwind from the south, 3 knots, too small
All readings for Punta Encomienda: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Punta Encomienda, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct49, good5 ft12 shollow798kJwind from the south-south-east, 3 knots31°C
Mon 19Oct42, fair5 ft12 shollow541kJwind from the east, 2 knots32°C
Tue 20Oct35, too small4 ft11 shollow410kJwind from the west, 2 knots31°C
Wed 21Oct27, too small4 ft11 shollow302kJwind from the east-south-east, 1 knot31°C
Thu 22Oct35, too small4 ft12 shollow475kJwind from the east, 2 knots31°C
Fri 23Oct37, fair4 ft12 shollow492kJwind from the west-north-west, 1 knot31°C
Sat 24Oct31, too small4 ft10 shollow370kJwind from the south, 3 knots30°C
Chacahua1.4 kmabout 5 min by car5 ft824 kJwind from the east-south-east, 3 knots, fair5 ft561 kJwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, fair4 ft423 kJwind from the west-south-west, 1 knot, too small4 ft305 kJwind from the north-east, 0 knots, too small4 ft490 kJwind from the east, 1 knot, fair4 ft492 kJwind from the west, 2 knots, fair4 ft366 kJwind from the south, 3 knots, too small
All readings for Chacahua: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Chacahua, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct47, fair5 ft13 shollow824kJwind from the east-south-east, 3 knots32°C
Mon 19Oct41, fair5 ft12 shollow561kJwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots32°C
Tue 20Oct35, too small4 ft11 shollow423kJwind from the west-south-west, 1 knot31°C
Wed 21Oct27, too small4 ft11 shollow305kJwind from the north-east, 0 knots31°C
Thu 22Oct36, fair4 ft12 shollow490kJwind from the east, 1 knot31°C
Fri 23Oct36, fair4 ft12 shollow492kJwind from the west, 2 knots31°C
Sat 24Oct32, too small4 ft10 shollow366kJwind from the south, 3 knots31°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Chacahua, 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 Chacahua

  • Koko's RestauranteSeafood · 0.8 km from the centre
  • Frente al Mar de Chacahua0.2 km from the centre
  • Restaurante Kasandra en ChacahuaMexican · 0.8 km from the centre
  • Restaurante bertitha0.2 km from the centre
  • El Punto Restaurante and Camping0.3 km from the centre
  • Comedor Yury0.9 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