Surf report · South to Punta de Mita
La Lancha
- beginner to intermediate
- beach/reef break, lefts and rights
- 25 min drive
Sayulita's go-to lesson spot when town is flat: a jungle-backed beach with a small inside wave for learners and an A-frame wedge out back. Picks up south swell well.
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La Lancha, right now
2–3 ft
Knee to waist Good
Knee to waist and light offshore. Best look today around 8 am.
- Swell
- 1.9 ft at 11 s from the WNW, plus 1.3 ft W
- Wind
- 9 km/h light offshore from the NNE, gusts 21
- Tide
- 0.2 m, falling low 2:30 am, 0.1 m
- Water
- 31°C · 87°F boardshorts and a rash vest
- Light
- 7:06 am – 6:24 pm
The week at La Lancha
Now2–3 ftGoodlight offshore wind, 11 km/h from the NNEtide 0.3 m, falling · low at 2:30 am
- Wave faces at the spot; the band is the range
- Rating, flat to great
- offshore cross onshore wind
- night
About La Lancha
When it works
- Swell
- S to SW; NW in winter
- Wind
- N–NE
- Tide
- mid, rising
- Size
- 3–10 ft faces
- Season
- Summer S swells for size; works most of the year
Before you go
- Getting there
- about 25 min by car
- Bottom
- sand/reef
- Watch for
- rocks exposed at low tide, urchins, crowds of lessons, highway crossing on foot
- Crowd
- busy
- On the beach
- none on the beach, WildMex shop with rentals and showers at the trailhead, gas-station toilets, restaurant at the trailhead
Tips
- Avoid the lowest tides, when rocks show
- Bring water and food; the beach has no services
- Use the WildMex shuttle or a taxi if you do not have a car
- 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