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Launching Off a Lip, San Pancho (San Francisco)

5:52 pm 11 Jul 2011

Launching Through the Lip, San Pancho (San Francisco)

6:14 pm 11 Jul 2011

El Paraiso ratings
Quality on a good day: 2.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Difficulty level: 4.0
Crowds: 4.0

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El Paraiso Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Mexico – Colima)

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Name: El Paraiso
Type: beach
Reliability: fairly consistent
Best Swell: SW Offshore Wind: NNE

El Paraiso in Colima is an exposed beach break that has quite consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Works best in offshore winds from the north northeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the southwest. The beach breaks offer lefts and rights. It very rarely gets crowded here. Watch out for rips and rocks.

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Overall El Paraiso 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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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to El Paraiso:

  (click location name for more details)
Closest break Pascuales 3 mi
Second closest break The Colonia 8 mi
Third closest break Cuyutlan 12 mi
Fourth closest break Ahijedero 14 mi
Fifth closest break Boca de Apisa 22 mi

Wave buoys nearest to El Paraiso:

Closest wave buoy Bay of Campeche Buoy 681 mi
Second closest wave buoy Corpus Christi Buoy 725 mi
Third closest wave buoy West Gulf Buoy 814 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy Freeport Buoy 829 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy Galveston Buoy 935 mi

Tide stations nearest to El Paraiso:

Closest tide station Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico 24 mi
Second closest tide station Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico (2) 24 mi
Third closest tide station Cardenas (Melchor Ocampo), Mexico 137 mi
Fourth closest tide station Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico 145 mi
Fifth closest tide station Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico 304 mi

snow forecast website

Ski Resorts closest to El Paraiso:

Closest ski area Ski Apache (United States) 1002 mi
Second closest ski area Mt Lemmon Ski Valley (United States) 1028 mi
Third closest ski area Sunrise Park Resort (United States) 1098 mi
Fourth closest ski area Sandia Peak (United States) 1138 mi
Fifth closest ski area Ski Santa Fe (United States) 1166 mi

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Town and city forecasts close to El Paraiso:

Closest city location Armeria (Mexico) 4 mi
Second closest city location Tecoman (Mexico) 8 mi
Third closest city location Madrid (Mexico) 17 mi
Fourth closest city location El Colomo (Mexico) 20 mi
Fifth closest city location Coahuayana (Mexico) 23 mi
  • The closest passenger airport to El Paraiso is Colima Airport (CLQ) in Mexico, which is 63 km (39 miles) away (directly).
  • The second nearest airport to El Paraiso is Playa De Oro International (Manzanillo) Airport (ZLO), also in Mexico, 65 km (40 miles) away.
  • The third closest airport is Don Miguel Y Hidalgo International (Guadalajara) Airport (GDL), also in Mexico, 197 km (122 miles) away.
El Paraiso break location map and break info
This is the Surf-Forecast page for El Paraiso, Mexico - Colima. Use the tab navigation above to view El Paraiso sea temperature, El Paraiso photographs, El Paraiso detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, El Paraiso webcams, current wind from Mexico - Colima live weather stations and El Paraiso tide predictions. The Mexico swell maps link will open up the big picture showing Mexico and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from Mexico wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around El Paraiso.