Barre de la Gabina Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

Barre de la Gabina in Pacific Coast is an exposed river break that has fairly consistent surf The best wind direction is from the north northeast. Clean groundswells prevail and the best swell direction is from the south southwest. The river break offers both left and right hand waves. Good surf at all stages of the tide. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up. Dangerous rips are a hazard of surfing here.

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Overall Barre de la Gabina Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see Barre de la Gabina surf quality by season and Barre de la Gabina surf quality by month.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Barre de la Gabina:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Las Lisas	7 mi
Second closest break	Acajulta	24 mi
Third closest break	Monterrico	25 mi
Fourth closest break	Los Cabanos	29 mi
Fifth closest break	Iztapa	36 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Barre de la Gabina:
Closest wave buoy	Yucatan Basin Buoy	539 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Western Caribbean Buoy	617 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Bay of Campeche Buoy	622 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Mid Gulf Buoy	835 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	West Gulf Buoy	857 mi
Tide stations nearest to Barre de la Gabina:
Closest tide station	Rio Dulce entrance, Guatemala	170 mi
Second closest tide station	Punta Gorda, Belize	185 mi
Third closest tide station	Punta Gorda, Belize (2)	185 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Puerto Cortes, Honduras	207 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Belize City, Belize	290 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Barre de la Gabina:
Closest ski area	Cloudmont (United States)	1480 mi
Second closest ski area	Mount Pleasant (United States)	1518 mi
Third closest ski area	Sky Valley (United States)	1527 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Scaly Mountain (United States)	1532 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Sapphire Valley (United States)	1543 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Barre de la Gabina:
Closest city location	San Francisco Menendez (El Salvador)	13 mi
Second closest city location	Pasaco (Guatemala)	14 mi
Third closest city location	Moyuta (Guatemala)	20 mi
Fourth closest city location	Tacuba (El Salvador)	20 mi
Fifth closest city location	Conguaco (Guatemala)	22 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Barre de la Gabina is La Aurora (Guatemala City) Airport (GUA) in Guatemala, which is 97 km (60 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Barre de la Gabina is El Salvador International (San Salvador) Airport (SAL) in El Salvador, 128 km (80 miles) away.
• The third closest airport is Coban Airport (CBV) in Guatemala, 190 km (118 miles) away.