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Playa Caribe in Isla Margarita is an exposed beach break that does not work very often. Winter is the best time of year for surfing here. The best wind direction is from the southeast. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the ideal swell direction is from the northeast. The beach break provides left and right handers. Relatively few surfers here, even on good days. Watch out for urchins, rocks and sharks.

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Overall Playa Caribe 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 Venezuela - Isla Margarita surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Playa Caribe

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Playa Caribe:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Puerto Cruz	4 mi
Second closest break	Playa El Agua	8 mi
Third closest break	Playa Parguito	9 mi
Fourth closest break	Guacuco	11 mi
Fifth closest break	Funeral Point	22 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Playa Caribe:
Closest wave buoy	Eastern Caribbean Buoy	372 mi
Second closest wave buoy	East of Martinique Buoy	577 mi
Third closest wave buoy	SW Atlantic Buoy	683 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	West Atlantic Buoy	775 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	SE Atlantic Buoy	805 mi
Tide stations nearest to Playa Caribe:
Closest tide station	Grenada	165 mi
Second closest tide station	Scarborough, Tobago	220 mi
Third closest tide station	Kingstown, St. Vincent	234 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Vieux Fort Bay, St. Lucia	272 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Castries, St. Lucia	284 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Playa Caribe:
Closest ski area	Huascaran (Peru)	1684 mi
Second closest ski area	Chacaltaya (Bolivia)	1930 mi
Third closest ski area	Scaly Mountain (United States)	2052 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Sky Valley (United States)	2053 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Appalachian Ski Mountain (United States)	2054 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Playa Caribe:
Closest city location	Juan Griego (Venezuela)	3 mi
Second closest city location	La Asuncion (Venezuela)	9 mi
Third closest city location	Porlamar Airport (Venezuela)	14 mi
Fourth closest city location	Porlamar (Venezuela)	14 mi
Fifth closest city location	El Guamache (Venezuela)	27 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Playa Caribe is Del Caribe International Gen Santago Marino (Porlamar) Airport (PMV) in Venezuela, 22 km (14 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Playa Caribe is Antonio Jose De Sucre (Cumana) Airport (CUM), also in Venezuela, 76 km (47 miles) away.
• Third is General Jose Francisco Bermudez (Carupano) Airport (CUP) in Venezuela, 93 km (58 miles) away.
• General Jose Antonio Anzoategui International (Barcelona) Airport (BLA) in Venezuela is 136 km (84 miles) away.
• Maturin Airport (MUN), also in Venezuela is the fifth nearest airport to Playa Caribe and is 177 km (110 miles) away.