Punta San Carlos, Mexico
No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, San Felipe, is 169 km away.
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About Punta San Carlos
Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.
The spot faces SW (212°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (32°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 550 m out (1 in 55). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 15°C in March, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 20°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; in March, April and May, about 1. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, San Felipe, is 169 km away.
Water about 19°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, San Felipe, is 169 km away.
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Forecast
Punta San Carlos does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.
The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small
| Day | Scorefor Intermediate | Swell | Energy | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 19Oct | 64, good | 4 ft12 scrumbling | 368kJ | wind from the east, 2 knots | 25°C |
| Tue 20Oct | 57, good | 4 ft10 ssoft | 275kJ | offshorewind from the north-north-east, 2 knots, offshore | 24°C |
| Wed 21Oct | 47, fair | 3 ft11 smushy | 247kJ | wind from the south-west, 7 knots | 23°C |
| Thu 22Oct | 39, fair | 4 ft10 ssoft | 259kJ | wind from the north-west, 12 knots | 23°C |
| Fri 23Oct | 32, too small | 3 ft13 scrumbling | 208kJ | offshorewind from the north, 13 knots, offshore | 23°C |
| Sat 24Oct | 41, fair | 4 ft6 smushy | 129kJ | wind from the west-north-west, 2 knots | 25°C |
| Sun 25Oct | 42, fair | 3 ft7 smushy | 108kJ | offshorewind from the north-east, 1 knot, offshore | 27°C |
| Mon 26Oct | 19, too small | 2 ft7 smushy | 45kJ | offshorewind from the north-east, 2 knots, offshore | 26°C |
| Tue 27Oct | 23, too small | 2 ft14 scrumbling | 115kJ | wind from the west-north-west, 11 knots | 27°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 intermediate surfers. Change dates
- Tue 20 OctTravel out
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- Wed 21 OctSurf Punta San Carlos
Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 3 ft at 11 s, wind 7 kn (12 km/h).
- Thu 22 OctSurf Punta San Carlos
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 12 kn (22 km/h).
- Fri 23 OctSurf Punta San Carlos
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 13 s, offshore wind.
- Sat 24 OctSurf Punta San Carlos
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).
- Sun 25 OctSurf Punta San Carlos
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.
- Mon 26 OctTravel home
No way there we can work out.
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