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Punta Arena in Isla Margarita is a sheltered beach break that has unreliable waves. Winter is the optimum time of year for surfing here. The best wind direction is from the southeast. Windswells and groundswells in equal measure and the ideal swell direction is from the northeast. The beach break provides left and right handers. Rarely crowded here. Take care of urchins, rocks and sharks.

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Overall Punta Arena 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 Punta Arena

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Punta Arena:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Funeral Point	9 mi
Second closest break	Playa Caribe	30 mi
Third closest break	Puerto Cruz	35 mi
Fourth closest break	Playa El Agua	39 mi
Fifth closest break	Playa Parguito	39 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Punta Arena:
Closest wave buoy	Eastern Caribbean Buoy	384 mi
Second closest wave buoy	East of Martinique Buoy	607 mi
Third closest wave buoy	SW Atlantic Buoy	689 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	West Atlantic Buoy	806 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	SE Atlantic Buoy	825 mi
Tide stations nearest to Punta Arena:
Closest tide station	Grenada	195 mi
Second closest tide station	Scarborough, Tobago	250 mi
Third closest tide station	Kingstown, St. Vincent	264 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Vieux Fort Bay, St. Lucia	300 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Castries, St. Lucia	311 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Punta Arena:
Closest ski area	Huascaran (Peru)	1660 mi
Second closest ski area	Chacaltaya (Bolivia)	1917 mi
Third closest ski area	Scaly Mountain (United States)	2044 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Sky Valley (United States)	2045 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Appalachian Ski Mountain (United States)	2048 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Punta Arena:
Closest city location	Porlamar Airport (Venezuela)	30 mi
Second closest city location	Araya (Venezuela)	30 mi
Third closest city location	Juan Griego (Venezuela)	32 mi
Fourth closest city location	La Asuncion (Venezuela)	37 mi
Fifth closest city location	Porlamar (Venezuela)	38 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Punta Arena is Del Caribe International Gen Santago Marino (Porlamar) Airport (PMV) in Venezuela, 49 km (30 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Punta Arena is Antonio Jose De Sucre (Cumana) Airport (CUM), also in Venezuela, 66 km (41 miles) away.
• Third is General Jose Antonio Anzoategui International (Barcelona) Airport (BLA) in Venezuela, 102 km (63 miles) away.
• General Jose Francisco Bermudez (Carupano) Airport (CUP) in Venezuela is 130 km (81 miles) away.
• Anaco Airport (AAO), also in Venezuela is the fifth nearest airport to Punta Arena and is 173 km (107 miles) away.