Local legend
Isla Blanca
South Padre Island, Texas, United States26.075, -97.155Beach break · faces E (90°)
Spot guide
Isla Blanca is an E-facing beach break in South Padre Island, Texas, United States. It picks up swell from NE to S, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 43% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the W: light winds or W breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while E onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- E (90°)
- Best swell
- NE to SE (50°–131°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- SW to NW offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- NE to S (49° to 180.5°)
- Offshore wind
- W
- Tide
- NOAA station 8779750
- Wave buoy
- Aransas Pass Channel Entrance S, TX (252) · 174 km away
- Cams
- 1 (1 plays here)
Cams at Isla Blanca
- Isla Blanca Surf Cam · South Padre Surf Company · plays here