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three spot, Mexico

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Bahía de los Ángeles, is 121 km away.

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About three spot

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SW (215°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (35°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–11 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 15). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 15°C in April, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 21°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually October, November and December, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Bahía de los Ángeles, is 121 km away. Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots.

Water about 20°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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    No town nearby

    No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Bahía de los Ángeles, is 121 km away.

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Forecast

The score for experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for expert surfers at three spot, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct17, too small2 ft13 shollow147kJwind from the east-north-east, 8 knots, offshore28°C
Mon 19Oct13, too small2 ft12 shollow150kJwind from the east-north-east, 3 knots, offshore27°C
Tue 20Oct15, too small3 ft10 shollow139kJwind from the east, 3 knots26°C
Wed 21Oct14, too small3 ft11 shollow140kJwind from the west-south-west, 4 knots25°C
Thu 22Oct11, too small3 ft10 shollow164kJwind from the north-west, 5 knots24°C
Fri 23Oct14, too small5 ft7 smushy181kJwind from the north-west, 8 knots26°C
Sat 24Oct14, too small3 ft6 shollow68kJwind from the east, 2 knots28°C
Sun 25Oct8, too small2 ft6 shollow26kJwind from the south-south-west, 3 knots28°C
Mon 26Oct4, too small2 ft8 shollow36kJwind from the west-north-west, 4 knots25°C
Tue 27Oct6, too small2 ft5 smushy22kJwind from the west-north-west, 6 knots24°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    No way there we can work out.

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 30 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    No way there we can work out.

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