Surf Spots Puerto Vallarta and Nayarit
Puerto Vallarta and Bahia de Banderas is heaven for surfing. Each surf spot has a unique location, which means its important to know the conditions and direction of the swell depending on the tides and the season, winters and summers.
Consult the current live forecast and tides from Puerto Vallarta, Nuevo Vallarta and Punta de Mita.
Feel free to contact us and ask us a question regarding the Locations!
La Lancha
La Lancha can be perfect for beginners and advanced surfers with the right direction of the swell. It is a reef break with a paddle in of a couple minutes. There are two breaks with rights and lefts and a small sand break.
Break type: Reef/Rocky break
Wave: Right
Factors: Tide and Wind
Surf: Morning and Sunset
Preference: short board/long board
Punta Burros
La Lancha can be perfect for beginners and advanced surfers with the right direction of the swell. It is a reef break with a paddle in of a couple minutes. There are two breaks with rights and lefts and a small sand break.
Break type: Reef/Rocky break
Wave: Right
Factors: Tide and Wind
Surf: Morning and Sunset
Preference: short board/long board
Villa Varadero
Villa Varadero is a mellow sandy beach break along a small wedge, it’s not too deep and there are no rocks making it perfect for first timers, beginner and groms. It’s mostly rights and some left waves as well.
Break type: Sand / Beach break
Wave: left and Right
Factors: Direction of swell
Surf: Morning and possibly sunset
Preference: Short boards and long boards
El Anclote
El Anclote is a small mellow long wave, its a right with low to medium speed mostly for longboards. This spot is mostly when the direction of the swell is good.
Break type: Reef/Rocky break
Wave: Right
Factors: Tide and wind
Surf: All day
Preference: Long board
Veneros
Veneros is a wave with fast sections and spitting barrels, it’s a sandy beach breaks with some rocks. Short paddle in in between sets. It’s only for short boards and recommended for medium to advanced surfers.
Break type: Beach break
Wave: Left and Right
Factors: Wind
Surf: Morning and sunset
Preference: Short boards
Paredon
Paredon is a wave with power and push, waves that are long and fun to big & fast ones, situated besides veneros , Paredon is a fun challenging reef break with a medium-long paddle in.
Break type: Reef/Rocky break
Wave: Right
Factors: Tide and Wind
Surf: Morning and Sunset
Preference: Short boards
Stinky's
Stinky’s is ideal for beginners and intermediates with fun and fast mellow waves for long boards. It’s mostly surfed on big swells when the conditions are too big on the other surf spots.
Break type: Reef/Rocky break
Wave: Right and occasionally left
Factors: Tide and Wind
Surf: All day long
Preference: Long board
El Faro
El Faro is a secluded surf spot only accesible by boat. It’s a big long wave that can be mellow and fast. The swell and direction need to be aligned in order to get good waves in the spot.
Break type: Reef/Rocky break
Wave: Right
Factors: Tide and Wind
Surf: All day long
Preference: Short board/Long board
El Tizate
El Tizate only breaks when there is a solid swell with a good direction, with long and some fast sections, it makes it perfect for long boards and has a short paddle in. It’s located in Punta de Mita and la Cruz.
Break type: Reef/Rocky break
Wave: Right
Factors: Tide and Wind
Surf: All day long
Preference: Long board
Bahia Surf Break
Bahia has both right and left waves, with chill but fast waves, it is only accesible by boat and it highly depends on the swell and directions. Both for short and long boards.
Break type: Reef/Rocky break
Wave: Right and Left
Factors: Tide and Wind
Surf: Morning and Sunset
Preference: Short board/Long board