Playa de Tulum

Playa de Tulum is an ESE-facing beach break in Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico. It picks up swell from NE and E to SE and SE, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 67% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the WNW: light winds or WNW breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while ESE onshores chop it up.

Break

Beach

Faces

ESE (117°)

Best swell

E to SE (81°–146°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

WSW to NNW offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

NE (38° to 49.5°); E to SE (81° to 129.5°); SE (130° to 145.5°)

Offshore wind

WNW

Tide

Model estimate

Wave buoy

None within 250 km

Cams

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