Puerto Vallarta Beach

Puerto Vallarta Beach is a W-facing beach break in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. It picks up swell from WSW and WSW to WNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 79% 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 (271°)

Best swell

WSW to WNW (248°–298°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

NE to SE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

WSW (248.5° to 257°); WSW to WNW (257.5° to 298.5°)

Offshore wind

E

Tide

Model estimate

Wave buoy

None within 250 km

Cams

1