San Juan de Alima, Mexico

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Playa de La Ticla
La Ticla. Photo: Geyuvaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About San Juan de Alima

San Juan de Alima is a town in Michoacán, Mexico. From San Juan de Alima you can reach 3 surf spots, 1 of the surf spots more than 20 km away. The nearest is San Juan De Alima, a surf spot 0.2 km from the centre. Overture lists 16 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is CLQ, 78 km away.

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Staying in San Juan de Alima

  • 16 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: CLQ, 78 km, ZLO, 112 km, UPN, 194 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 Juan de Alima. 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 intermediate 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 San Juan de Alima 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 San Juan de Alima: Mon 19 Oct to Sun 25 Oct
SpotMon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25
La Ticla18.7 kmabout 35 min by car5 ft539 kJwind from the north-west, 6 knots, fair5 ft481 kJwind from the east, 1 knot, offshore, good4 ft375 kJwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, offshore, good5 ft531 kJwind from the south, 2 knots, good4 ft395 kJwind from the south, 3 knots, good4 ft211 kJwind from the south-west, 6 knots, good8 ft1439 kJwind from the east-south-east, 3 knots, too big
All readings for La Ticla: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at La Ticla, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct44, fair5 ft11 scrumbling539kJwind from the north-west, 6 knots29°C
Tue 20Oct61, good5 ft11 scrumbling481kJwind from the east, 1 knot, offshore29°C
Wed 21Oct68, good4 ft11 scrumbling375kJwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, offshore29°C
Thu 22Oct59, good5 ft12 scrumbling531kJwind from the south, 2 knots29°C
Fri 23Oct72, good4 ft12 scrumbling395kJwind from the south, 3 knots28°C
Sat 24Oct50, good4 ft8 smushy211kJwind from the south-west, 6 knots29°C
Sun 25Oct0, too big8 ft11 ssoft1,439kJwind from the east-south-east, 3 knots28°C
San Juan De Alima0.2 kmabout 5 min by car5 ft562 kJwind from the west-north-west, 6 knots, good4 ft458 kJwind from the west, 1 knot, good4 ft427 kJwind from the south, 1 knot, good4 ft509 kJwind from the east-south-east, 0 knots, good4 ft381 kJwind from the north-north-west, 3 knots, good4 ft199 kJwind from the south-south-west, 1 knot, good10 ft1552 kJwind from the north, 1 knot, too big
All readings for San Juan De Alima: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at San Juan De Alima, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct57, good5 ft12 shollow562kJwind from the west-north-west, 6 knots29°C
Tue 20Oct64, good4 ft11 shollow458kJwind from the west, 1 knot29°C
Wed 21Oct67, good4 ft11 shollow427kJwind from the south, 1 knot29°C
Thu 22Oct57, good4 ft12 shollow509kJwind from the east-south-east, 0 knots29°C
Fri 23Oct70, good4 ft12 shollow381kJwind from the north-north-west, 3 knots28°C
Sat 24Oct58, good4 ft9 shollow199kJwind from the south-south-west, 1 knot29°C
Sun 25Oct0, too big10 ft10 shollow1,552kJwind from the north, 1 knot27°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of San Juan de Alima, 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

This spot is more than 20 km from San Juan de Alima. It is the nearest town with beds, so it stays 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.

Surf spots that stay in San Juan de Alima from further out: Mon 19 Oct to Sun 25 Oct
SpotMon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25
Maruata49.2 kmabout 1h 30 by car5 ft488 kJwind from the west-north-west, 8 knots, fair5 ft505 kJwind from the east, 3 knots, good4 ft280 kJwind from the south, 3 knots, good5 ft562 kJwind from the south-south-east, 3 knots, good4 ft402 kJwind from the south-east, 4 knots, good4 ft210 kJwind from the east-south-east, 4 knots, good10 ft1584 kJwind from the east-south-east, 10 knots, too big
All readings for Maruata: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Maruata, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct47, fair5 ft11 shollow488kJwind from the west-north-west, 8 knots30°C
Tue 20Oct57, good5 ft11 shollow505kJwind from the east, 3 knots29°C
Wed 21Oct65, good4 ft10 shollow280kJwind from the south, 3 knots28°C
Thu 22Oct54, good5 ft12 shollow562kJwind from the south-south-east, 3 knots28°C
Fri 23Oct66, good4 ft12 shollow402kJwind from the south-east, 4 knots27°C
Sat 24Oct53, good4 ft9 shollow210kJwind from the east-south-east, 4 knots29°C
Sun 25Oct0, too big10 ft10 shollow1,584kJwind from the east-south-east, 10 knots28°C

Places to eat near San Juan de Alima

  • Enramada LetySeafood · 0.4 km from the centre
  • Enrramada doña Mago...playa san juan de alimaMexican · 0.5 km from the centre
  • Naufragos0.3 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