La lancha, Mexico

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Punta de Mita, 3 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PVR (PVR), 26 km.

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About La lancha

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

The spot faces SW (203°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (23°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 2–7 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 17). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 24°C in March, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). For beginners the best months are usually July and August, with about 5 good days in 7; in January, March and May, about 1. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Punta de Mita, 3 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PVR (PVR), 26 km. Within 5 km we also list 6 surf spots and 4 dive sites.

Water about 30°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 8 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to PVR, direct.
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Getting there. 45 min from the airport to La lancha.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Punta de Mita, 3 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PVR (PVR), 26 km.
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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 La lancha, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	25, too small	4 ft6 smushy	138kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 2 knots	30°C
Tue 20Oct	23, too small	3 ft11 shollow	197kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 3 knots	31°C
Wed 21Oct	20, too small	3 ft11 shollow	206kJ	wind from the north-east, 2 knots, offshore	31°C
Thu 22Oct	22, too small	3 ft12 shollow	230kJ	wind from the south, 0 knots	31°C
Fri 23Oct	17, too small	3 ft12 shollow	179kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 1 knot	29°C
Sat 24Oct	14, too small	2 ft12 shollow	98kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 2 knots	29°C
Sun 25Oct	28, too small	4 ft11 shollow	354kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 1 knot, offshore	28°C
Mon 26Oct	62, good	6 ft12 shollow	996kJ	wind from the east, 3 knots	26°C
Tue 27Oct	3, poor	6 ft8 smushy	463kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 20 knots	24°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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Tue 20 Oct
Travel out
Direct flight ORD to PVR, then 45 min by road. About 8h 55 door to door
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Mon 26 Oct
Travel home
Direct flight ORD to PVR, then 45 min by road. About 8h 55 door to door

Rough cost

About £540–£1,020 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to PVR, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bag	£220–£455
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£70–£115
Food	7 days eating out	£150–£280
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£540–£1,020

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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