Surf report · South to Punta de Mita
El Skupa
- intermediate
- reef break, rights
- 30 min drive
A boulder-bottom right in front of the St. Regis on the peninsula's west side. Mellow when small, it can get powerful and hollow on bigger swells.
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El Skupa, right now
3.5–5.5 ft
Chest to head Fair
Chest to head and moderate cross-shore, with a long-period swell. Best look today around 6 pm.
- Swell
- 3.3 ft at 12 s from the SW, plus 1.2 ft WNW
- Wind
- 13 km/h moderate cross-shore from the NNW, gusts 32
- Tide
- 1.1 m, rising high 2:46 pm, 1.1 m
- Water
- 31°C · 88°F boardshorts and a rash vest
- Light
- 7:03 am – 6:26 pm
The week at El Skupa
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 Skupa
When it works
- Swell
- SW–NW
- Wind
- E
- Tide
- all, rising
- Size
- 2–10 ft faces
- Season
- Year-round (picks up most swell directions)
Before you go
- Getting there
- about 30 min by car · boat
- Bottom
- boulders
- Watch for
- submerged rocks, urchins, rips, private resort frontage
- Crowd
- light
- On the beach
- none public
Tips
- Not for beginners: rocks sit just under the surface
- Arrive by boat; the shore is resort land
Some details here come from a single source, or sources disagree. Check locally, and tell us what you find.
- 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