Playa Flamenco

Playa Flamenco is an NW-facing beach break in Culebra, Puerto Rico. It picks up swell from WNW and WNW to ENE, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 44% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the SE: light winds or SE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while NW onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: an island gap lets in swell from 231° (SW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 64 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

NW (304°)

Best swell

WNW to NNW (302°–345°) or WNW (288°–295°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

E to SSE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

WNW (288.5° to 295°); WNW to ENE (302.5° to 59.5°)

Rare slot

island gap, 231° SW

Offshore wind

SE

Tide

NOAA station 9752062

Wave buoy

San Juan, PR · 83 km away

Cams

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