Playa Blanca

Playa Blanca is an S-facing beach break in Daguao, Puerto Rico. It picks up swell from SE to SW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 60% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the N: light winds or N breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while S onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: the Anegada Passage lets in swell from 84° (E) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 100 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

S (178°)

Best swell

SE to SW (142°–219°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

NW to NE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

SE to SW (142° to 228.5°)

Rare slot

Anegada Passage, 84° E

Offshore wind

N

Tide

NOAA station 9752962

Wave buoy

San Juan, PR · 56 km away

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