San Blas, Mexico

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San Blas (Mexico)
San Blas, the nearest town. Photo: Vic0 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About San Blas

San Blas is a town in Nayarit, Mexico. From San Blas you can reach 5 surf spots, 1 kite spot and 1 windsurf spot. The nearest is San Blas, a surf spot 0.4 km from the centre. Overture lists 57 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 4 of them campsites. The nearest airport is TPQ, 48 km away.

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Staying in San Blas

  • 57 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 4 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: TPQ, 48 km, PVR, 96 km, MZT, 206 km

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Where it is

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

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for intermediate 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 San Blas each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodBest spot that day for intermediatesUnder 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: Expert

Surf spots within 20 km of San Blas: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Stoners4.1 kmabout 10 min by car4 ft367 kJwind from the south-south-east, 1 knot, good, best spot that day3 ft86 kJwind from the south-west, 1 knot, good3 ft159 kJwind from the west-south-west, 3 knots, fair2 ft147 kJwind from the north-east, 3 knots, offshore, fair2 ft155 kJwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, offshore, fair2 ft112 kJwind from the south-east, 2 knots, too small2 ft71 kJwind from the north, 1 knot, offshore, too small
All readings for Stoners: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Stoners, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct67, good4 ft11 ssoft367kJwind from the south-south-east, 1 knot32°C
Mon 19Oct53, good3 ft6 smushy86kJwind from the south-west, 1 knot32°C
Tue 20Oct46, fair3 ft11 ssoft159kJwind from the west-south-west, 3 knots33°C
Wed 21Oct40, fair2 ft11 ssoft147kJwind from the north-east, 3 knots, offshore34°C
Thu 22Oct41, fair2 ft12 ssoft155kJwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, offshore34°C
Fri 23Oct35, too small2 ft12 ssoft112kJwind from the south-east, 2 knots31°C
Sat 24Oct26, too small2 ft12 ssoft71kJwind from the north, 1 knot, offshore32°C
El Faro2 kmabout 5 min by car5 ft487 kJwind from the south-south-east, 1 knot, good4 ft86 kJwind from the west-north-west, 1 knot, good, best spot that day3 ft189 kJwind from the west-south-west, 3 knots, good, best spot that day3 ft180 kJwind from the north-east, 3 knots, offshore, fair3 ft188 kJwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, offshore, fair2 ft140 kJwind from the south-east, 2 knots, fair2 ft88 kJwind from the north, 1 knot, too small
All readings for El Faro: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at El Faro, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct60, good5 ft11 ssoft487kJwind from the south-south-east, 1 knot32°C
Mon 19Oct58, good4 ft6 smushy86kJwind from the west-north-west, 1 knot32°C
Tue 20Oct51, good3 ft11 ssoft189kJwind from the west-south-west, 3 knots33°C
Wed 21Oct45, fair3 ft11 ssoft180kJwind from the north-east, 3 knots, offshore34°C
Thu 22Oct46, fair3 ft12 ssoft188kJwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, offshore34°C
Fri 23Oct41, fair2 ft12 ssoft140kJwind from the south-east, 2 knots31°C
Sat 24Oct30, too small2 ft12 ssoft88kJwind from the north, 1 knot32°C
San Blas0.4 kmabout 5 min by car5 ft487 kJwind from the south-south-east, 1 knot, good4 ft86 kJwind from the west-north-west, 1 knot, good, best spot that day3 ft189 kJwind from the west-south-west, 3 knots, good, best spot that day3 ft180 kJwind from the north-east, 3 knots, offshore, fair3 ft188 kJwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, offshore, fair2 ft140 kJwind from the south-east, 2 knots, fair2 ft88 kJwind from the north, 1 knot, too small
All readings for San Blas: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at San Blas, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct60, good5 ft11 ssoft487kJwind from the south-south-east, 1 knot32°C
Mon 19Oct58, good4 ft6 smushy86kJwind from the west-north-west, 1 knot32°C
Tue 20Oct51, good3 ft11 ssoft189kJwind from the west-south-west, 3 knots33°C
Wed 21Oct45, fair3 ft11 ssoft180kJwind from the north-east, 3 knots, offshore34°C
Thu 22Oct46, fair3 ft12 ssoft188kJwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, offshore34°C
Fri 23Oct41, fair2 ft12 ssoft140kJwind from the south-east, 2 knots31°C
Sat 24Oct30, too small2 ft12 ssoft88kJwind from the north, 1 knot32°C
San Blas Beach0.4 kmabout 5 min by car5 ft487 kJwind from the south-south-east, 1 knot, good4 ft86 kJwind from the west-north-west, 1 knot, good, best spot that day3 ft189 kJwind from the west-south-west, 3 knots, good, best spot that day3 ft180 kJwind from the north-east, 3 knots, offshore, fair3 ft188 kJwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, offshore, fair2 ft140 kJwind from the south-east, 2 knots, fair2 ft88 kJwind from the north, 1 knot, too small
All readings for San Blas Beach: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at San Blas Beach, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct60, good5 ft11 ssoft487kJwind from the south-south-east, 1 knot32°C
Mon 19Oct58, good4 ft6 smushy86kJwind from the west-north-west, 1 knot32°C
Tue 20Oct51, good3 ft11 ssoft189kJwind from the west-south-west, 3 knots33°C
Wed 21Oct45, fair3 ft11 ssoft180kJwind from the north-east, 3 knots, offshore34°C
Thu 22Oct46, fair3 ft12 ssoft188kJwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, offshore34°C
Fri 23Oct41, fair2 ft12 ssoft140kJwind from the south-east, 2 knots31°C
Sat 24Oct30, too small2 ft12 ssoft88kJwind from the north, 1 knot32°C
las islitas4.8 kmabout 10 min by carNeeds 5 ft+4 ft299 kJwind from the west-south-west, 2 knots3 ft67 kJwind from the west-north-west, 1 knot2 ft129 kJwind from the west-south-west, 3 knots2 ft125 kJwind from the north-east, 3 knots, offshore2 ft125 kJwind from the west-north-west, 2 knots2 ft93 kJwind from the south-east, 2 knots2 ft56 kJwind from the north, 1 knot, offshore
All readings for las islitas: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at las islitas, each day
DayScorefor ExpertSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct26, too small4 ft11 ssoft299kJwind from the west-south-west, 2 knots32°C
Mon 19Oct17, too small3 ft6 smushy67kJwind from the west-north-west, 1 knot32°C
Tue 20Oct15, too small2 ft11 ssoft129kJwind from the west-south-west, 3 knots33°C
Wed 21Oct15, too small2 ft11 ssoft125kJwind from the north-east, 3 knots, offshore34°C
Thu 22Oct15, too small2 ft12 ssoft125kJwind from the west-north-west, 2 knots34°C
Fri 23Oct13, too small2 ft12 ssoft93kJwind from the south-east, 2 knots31°C
Sat 24Oct10, too small2 ft12 ssoft56kJwind from the north, 1 knot, offshore32°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of San Blas, 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).

Kite near San Blas

Windsurf near San Blas

Places to eat near San Blas

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