Playa Maderas
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua11.300, -85.913Beach break · faces W (260°)
Spot guide
Playa Maderas is a W-facing beach break in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. It picks up swell from S to WNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 49% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the E: light winds or E breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while W onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- W (260°)
- Best swell
- SW to WNW (220°–300°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- NE to SE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- S to WNW (182° to 300°)
- Offshore wind
- E
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- None yet