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Surf Break: Puerto San Jose

Puerto San Jose in Pacific Coast is an exposed beach break that has quite reliable surf The best wind direction is from the north northwest. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the south southwest. Waves at the beach break both left and right. Good surf at all stages of the tide. When the surf is up, crowds are likely Take care of the strong rips here.

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Overall Puerto San Jose 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 Puerto San Jose surf quality by season and Puerto San Jose surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to Guatemala - Pacific Coast surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Puerto San Jose

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Puerto San Jose:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Chulamar	4 mi
Second closest break	La Barra	6 mi
Third closest break	La Barrita	6 mi
Fourth closest break	Iztapa	7 mi
Fifth closest break	Monterrico	18 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Puerto San Jose:
Closest wave buoy	Yucatan Basin Buoy	559 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Bay of Campeche Buoy	597 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Western Caribbean Buoy	653 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Mid Gulf Buoy	828 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	West Gulf Buoy	838 mi
Tide stations nearest to Puerto San Jose:
Closest tide station	Rio Dulce entrance, Guatemala	188 mi
Second closest tide station	Punta Gorda, Belize	201 mi
Third closest tide station	Punta Gorda, Belize (2)	201 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Puerto Cortes, Honduras	233 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Belize City, Belize	303 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Puerto San Jose:
Closest ski area	Sky Valley (United States)	1529 mi
Second closest ski area	Scaly Mountain (United States)	1534 mi
Third closest ski area	Cataloochee (United States)	1569 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort (United States)	1573 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Wolf Laurel (United States)	1599 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Puerto San Jose:
Closest city location	San Jose (Guatemala)	0 mi
Second closest city location	Iztapa (Guatemala)	7 mi
Third closest city location	La Gomera (Guatemala)	19 mi
Fourth closest city location	Masagua (Guatemala)	20 mi
Fifth closest city location	La Democracia (Guatemala)	24 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Puerto San Jose is La Aurora (Guatemala City) Airport (GUA) in Guatemala, 81 km (50 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Puerto San Jose is Coban Airport (CBV), also in Guatemala, 178 km (111 miles) away.
• Third is Tapachula International Airport (TAP) in Mexico, 193 km (120 miles) away.
• El Salvador International (San Salvador) Airport (SAL) in El Salvador is 198 km (123 miles) away.
• La Mesa International (San Pedro Sula) Airport (SAP) in Honduras is the fifth nearest airport to Puerto San Jose and is 355 km (220 miles) away.