Playa Puerto Real

Playa Puerto Real is an ENE-facing beach break in Barrio Pueblo, Puerto Rico. It picks up swell from ENE to E and NW to ENE, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 50% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the WSW: light winds or WSW breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while ENE onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: a gap beside Lesser Antilles lets in swell from 106.8° (ESE) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 258 km out. How slot swells work

Rare slot: a gap beside Lesser Antilles lets in swell from 113.8° (ESE) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 376 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

ENE (77°)

Best swell

NE to ENE (37°–70°) or ENE to E (73°–81°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

SSW to WNW offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

ENE to E (74° to 81°); NW to ENE (322° to 69.5°)

Rare slot

gap beside Lesser Antilles, 106.8° ESE

Rare slot

gap beside Lesser Antilles, 113.8° ESE

Offshore wind

WSW

Tide

NOAA station 9752962

Wave buoy

San Juan, PR · 53 km away

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