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Petatlan in West Guerrero is an exposed beach break that has reasonably consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Works best in offshore winds from the north northeast. Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the ideal swell direction is from the south. Waves at the beach break both left and right. Good surf at all stages of the tide. When the surf is up, it can get quite busy in the water. Be wary of rips - they make surfing here dangerous.

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Overall Petatlan 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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Use this relief map to navigate to Mexico - West Guerrero surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Petatlan

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Petatlan:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Joluchuca	6 mi
Second closest break	Loma Bonita	9 mi
Third closest break	Papanoa	13 mi
Fourth closest break	Punta Gorda	13 mi
Fifth closest break	Costa Sol	19 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Petatlan:
Closest wave buoy	Bay of Campeche Buoy	557 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Corpus Christi Buoy	723 mi
Third closest wave buoy	West Gulf Buoy	753 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Freeport Buoy	817 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Galveston Buoy	924 mi
Tide stations nearest to Petatlan:
Closest tide station	Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico	74 mi
Second closest tide station	Cardenas (Melchor Ocampo), Mexico	93 mi
Third closest tide station	Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico	255 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico (2)	255 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Puerto Angel, Oaxaca, Mexico	315 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Petatlan:
Closest ski area	Ski Apache (United States)	1148 mi
Second closest ski area	Mt Lemmon Ski Valley (United States)	1218 mi
Third closest ski area	Sunrise Park Resort (United States)	1275 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Sandia Peak (United States)	1287 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Ski Santa Fe (United States)	1310 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Petatlan:
Closest city location	Tecpan de Galeana (Mexico)	18 mi
Second closest city location	Petatlan (Mexico)	29 mi
Third closest city location	San Jeronimo de Juarez (Mexico)	33 mi
Fourth closest city location	San Jeronimito (Mexico)	34 mi
Fifth closest city location	Atoyac de Alvarez (Mexico)	34 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Petatlan is Ixtapa Zihuatanejo International Airport (ZIH) in Mexico, which is 68 km (42 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Petatlan is General Juan N Alvarez International (Acapulco) Airport (ACA), also in Mexico, 138 km (86 miles) away.
• The third closest airport is Lazaro Cardenas (Lazard Cardenas) Airport (LZC), also in Mexico, 159 km (99 miles) away.