About Las Peñas

Las Peñas is a town in Michoacán, Mexico. From Las Peñas you can reach 3 surf spots, 2 of the surf spots more than 20 km away. The nearest is Las Peñas, a surf spot 0.1 km from the centre. Overture lists 2 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is ZIH, 120 km away.

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Staying in Las Peñas

2 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: ZIH, 120 km, UPN, 160 km, CLQ, 180 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 Las Peñas. Spots further out are listed below.

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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.

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.

Spot

Sun 18

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Las Peñas0.1 kmabout 5 min by car

6 ft965 kJ

5 ft599 kJ

5 ft539 kJ

5 ft514 kJ

5 ft543 kJ

4 ft376 kJ

4 ft121 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Las Peñas, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	48, good	6 ft13 shollow	965kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 4 knots, offshore	32°C
Mon 19Oct	39, fair	5 ft11 shollow	599kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 2 knots	31°C
Tue 20Oct	43, fair	5 ft11 scrumbling	539kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 3 knots	30°C
Wed 21Oct	34, too small	5 ft11 shollow	514kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 1 knot	30°C
Thu 22Oct	39, fair	5 ft11 shollow	543kJ	wind from the north-east, 1 knot, offshore	30°C
Fri 23Oct	32, too small	4 ft12 shollow	376kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 3 knots	29°C
Sat 24Oct	25, too small	4 ft7 smushy	121kJ	wind from the south, 3 knots	30°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Las Peñas, 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).

Further out

These spots are more than 20 km from Las Peñas. It is the nearest town with beds, so they stay here.

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.

Spot

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Rio Nexpa - Beach break31.5 kmabout 55 min by car

5 ft949 kJ

5 ft636 kJ

5 ft573 kJ

5 ft533 kJ

5 ft568 kJ

4 ft383 kJ

4 ft144 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Rio Nexpa - Beach break, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	50, good	5 ft13 shollow	949kJ	wind from the north, 7 knots, offshore	31°C
Mon 19Oct	41, fair	5 ft11 shollow	636kJ	wind from the north-west, 2 knots	31°C
Tue 20Oct	44, fair	5 ft11 shollow	573kJ	wind from the north, 1 knot, offshore	31°C
Wed 21Oct	37, fair	5 ft11 shollow	533kJ	wind from the north-west, 1 knot	30°C
Thu 22Oct	42, fair	5 ft12 shollow	568kJ	wind from the north, 1 knot, offshore	30°C
Fri 23Oct	31, too small	4 ft12 shollow	383kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 3 knots	29°C
Sat 24Oct	26, too small	4 ft7 shollow	144kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 4 knots	30°C

Rio Nexpa (Nexpa River)31.4 kmabout 55 min by car