Ixtapa
Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico17.668, -101.642Beach break · faces SSW (213°)
Spot guide
Ixtapa is an SSW-facing beach break in Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico. It picks up swell from ESE to WNW. Offshore wind here blows from the NNE: light winds or NNE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SSW onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- SSW (213°)
- Best swell
- S to WSW (173°–254°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- NNW to ENE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- ESE to WNW (123.5° to 291.5°)
- Offshore wind
- NNE
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- 3 (2 play here)
Cams at Ixtapa
- Ixtapa · Playa Poniente · webcamsdemexico · plays here
- Ixtapa · Bay panorama · webcamsdemexico · plays here
- Ixtapa · watch on SkylineWebcams ↗