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 beginners: 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 beginner 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.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Surf spots within 20 km of San Juan de Alima: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
La Ticla18.7 kmabout 35 min by carIntermediate and up5 ft949 kJwind from the east-north-east, 1 knot, offshore5 ft568 kJwind from the north-west, 6 knots5 ft481 kJwind from the east, 1 knot, offshore4 ft332 kJwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, offshore4 ft471 kJwind from the south, 4 knots4 ft390 kJwind from the south, 3 knots4 ft231 kJwind from the south-south-west, 4 knots
All readings for La Ticla: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at La Ticla, each day
DayScorefor Inter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct58, good5 ft13 scrumbling949kJwind from the east-north-east, 1 knot, offshore29°C
Mon 19Oct42, fair5 ft11 scrumbling568kJwind from the north-west, 6 knots29°C
Tue 20Oct61, good5 ft11 scrumbling481kJwind from the east, 1 knot, offshore29°C
Wed 21Oct68, good4 ft11 scrumbling332kJwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, offshore29°C
Thu 22Oct60, good4 ft11 scrumbling471kJwind from the south, 4 knots29°C
Fri 23Oct69, good4 ft12 scrumbling390kJwind from the south, 3 knots28°C
Sat 24Oct57, good4 ft9 ssoft231kJwind from the south-south-west, 4 knots29°C
San Juan De Alima0.2 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up5 ft924 kJwind from the north-north-west, 2 knots5 ft542 kJwind from the west-north-west, 6 knots4 ft450 kJwind from the south-west, 4 knots4 ft355 kJwind from the south, 1 knot4 ft470 kJwind from the east-south-east, 0 knots4 ft363 kJwind from the north-north-west, 3 knots4 ft329 kJwind from the north, 2 knots, offshore
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
DayScorefor Inter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct61, good5 ft13 sslab924kJwind from the north-north-west, 2 knots30°C
Mon 19Oct57, good5 ft12 shollow542kJwind from the west-north-west, 6 knots29°C
Tue 20Oct64, good4 ft11 shollow450kJwind from the south-west, 4 knots29°C
Wed 21Oct67, good4 ft11 shollow355kJwind from the south, 1 knot29°C
Thu 22Oct59, good4 ft12 shollow470kJwind from the east-south-east, 0 knots29°C
Fri 23Oct66, good4 ft12 shollow363kJwind from the north-north-west, 3 knots28°C
Sat 24Oct63, good4 ft10 shollow329kJwind from the north, 2 knots, offshore29°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.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Surf spots that stay in San Juan de Alima from further out: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Maruata49.2 kmabout 1h 30 by carIntermediate and up6 ft980 kJwind from the south, 3 knots5 ft610 kJwind from the west-north-west, 8 knots5 ft505 kJwind from the east, 3 knots4 ft351 kJwind from the east-south-east, 1 knot5 ft523 kJwind from the south-south-east, 3 knots4 ft363 kJwind from the south-east, 4 knots3 ft271 kJwind from the east-south-east, 4 knots
All readings for Maruata: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Maruata, each day
DayScorefor Inter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct41, fair6 ft13 shollow980kJwind from the south, 3 knots29°C
Mon 19Oct46, fair5 ft11 shollow610kJwind from the west-north-west, 8 knots30°C
Tue 20Oct57, good5 ft11 shollow505kJwind from the east, 3 knots29°C
Wed 21Oct66, good4 ft10 shollow351kJwind from the east-south-east, 1 knot28°C
Thu 22Oct56, good5 ft12 shollow523kJwind from the south-south-east, 3 knots28°C
Fri 23Oct64, good4 ft12 shollow363kJwind from the south-east, 4 knots27°C
Sat 24Oct51, good3 ft12 shollow271kJwind from the east-south-east, 4 knots29°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