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 experts: 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 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 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
San Juan De Alima0.2 kmabout 5 min by car5 ft568 kJwind from the north-west, 6 knots, fair4 ft458 kJwind from the west, 1 knot, fair4 ft427 kJwind from the south, 1 knot, too small4 ft509 kJwind from the east-south-east, 0 knots, too small4 ft381 kJwind from the north-north-west, 3 knots, too small5 ft254 kJwind from the north, 2 knots, offshore, too small10 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 expert surfers at San Juan De Alima, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct41, fair5 ft11 sslab568kJwind from the north-west, 6 knots29°C
Tue 20Oct37, fair4 ft11 shollow458kJwind from the west, 1 knot29°C
Wed 21Oct31, too small4 ft11 shollow427kJwind from the south, 1 knot29°C
Thu 22Oct34, too small4 ft12 shollow509kJwind from the east-south-east, 0 knots29°C
Fri 23Oct30, too small4 ft12 shollow381kJwind from the north-north-west, 3 knots28°C
Sat 24Oct29, too small5 ft8 shollow254kJwind from the north, 2 knots, offshore29°C
Sun 25Oct0, too big10 ft10 shollow1,552kJwind from the north, 1 knot27°C
La Ticla18.7 kmabout 35 min by car5 ft539 kJwind from the north-west, 6 knots, too small5 ft474 kJwind from the west-south-west, 4 knots, fair4 ft375 kJwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, offshore, too small5 ft531 kJwind from the south, 2 knots, fair4 ft395 kJwind from the south, 3 knots, too small5 ft248 kJwind from the south-south-west, 4 knots, too small9 ft1644 kJwind from the south-east, 4 knots, fair
All readings for La Ticla: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at La Ticla, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct30, too small5 ft11 scrumbling539kJwind from the north-west, 6 knots29°C
Tue 20Oct38, fair5 ft11 scrumbling474kJwind from the west-south-west, 4 knots29°C
Wed 21Oct32, too small4 ft11 scrumbling375kJwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, offshore29°C
Thu 22Oct37, fair5 ft12 scrumbling531kJwind from the south, 2 knots29°C
Fri 23Oct32, too small4 ft12 scrumbling395kJwind from the south, 3 knots28°C
Sat 24Oct27, too small5 ft8 smushy248kJwind from the south-south-west, 4 knots29°C
Sun 25Oct37, fair9 ft11 ssoft1,644kJwind from the south-east, 4 knots28°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, too small5 ft510 kJwind from the south-west, 2 knots, fair4 ft417 kJwind from the east-south-east, 1 knot, too small5 ft562 kJwind from the south-south-east, 3 knots, fair4 ft402 kJwind from the south-east, 4 knots, too small5 ft175 kJwind from the south-south-east, 6 knots, too small10 ft1823 kJwind from the east-south-east, 10 knots, poor
All readings for Maruata: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Maruata, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct34, too small5 ft11 shollow488kJwind from the west-north-west, 8 knots30°C
Tue 20Oct39, fair5 ft11 shollow510kJwind from the south-west, 2 knots29°C
Wed 21Oct32, too small4 ft11 shollow417kJwind from the east-south-east, 1 knot28°C
Thu 22Oct39, fair5 ft12 shollow562kJwind from the south-south-east, 3 knots28°C
Fri 23Oct28, too small4 ft12 shollow402kJwind from the south-east, 4 knots27°C
Sat 24Oct26, too small5 ft7 shollow175kJwind from the south-south-east, 6 knots29°C
Sun 25Oct21, poor10 ft10 shollow1,823kJwind 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