World-class break
Barra de la Cruz
Santa María Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico15.838, -95.952Point break · faces SSE (156°)
Spot guide
Barra de la Cruz is an SSE-facing point break in Santa María Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico. It picks up swell from ESE to WSW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 43% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NNW: light winds or NNW breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SSE onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Point
- Faces
- SSE (156°)
- Best swell
- S to SW (170°–220°), 12 s or longer
- Best wind
- WNW to NNE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–8 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- ESE to WSW (112.5° to 245°)
- Offshore wind
- NNW
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- None yet