Surf report · South to Punta de Mita
El Anclote
- beginner
- point/reef break, rights
- 30 min drive
The main beach at Punta de Mita town, with a slow, long right over reef and sand in front of Hotel Cinco. A gentle longboard and learning wave that needs a decent south swell.
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El Anclote, right now
3.5–5.5 ft
Chest to head Good
Chest to head and moderate cross-offshore, with a long-period swell. Best look today around 6 pm.
- Swell
- 3.3 ft at 13 s from the SW, plus 1.1 ft WNW
- Wind
- 13 km/h moderate cross-offshore from the NNW, gusts 32
- Tide
- 1.1 m, falling low 10:56 pm, 0.0 m
- Water
- 31°C · 88°F boardshorts and a rash vest
- Light
- 7:03 am – 6:26 pm
The week at El Anclote
Now3–4.5 ftGoodlight offshore wind, 8 km/h from the NNEtide 0.2 m, rising · high at 4:43 am
- Wave faces at the spot; the band is the range
- Rating, flat to great
- offshore cross onshore wind
- night
About El Anclote
When it works
- Swell
- S–SW, 4 ft+
- Wind
- N–NNW
- Tide
- low–mid
- Size
- 2–8 ft faces
- Season
- Year-round; best on summer S to SW swells
Before you go
- Getting there
- about 30 min by car
- Bottom
- reef/sand
- Watch for
- rocks, urchins, SUP and boat traffic
- Crowd
- busy
- On the beach
- parking, restaurants, board rental, surf schools, boats for hire
Tips
- Wear reef booties at low tide
- It is small unless a south swell of about 4 ft or more is running
- This is where you hire pangas for El Faro and La Bahía
- Flat too small to ride
- Poor small, or messy wind
- Fair surfable, with a catch
- Good clean, the right size for the spot
- Great clean and solid: the spot at its best