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Punta Ballenas in Piura is an exposed reef and point break that has pretty consitent surf. Spring and Summer provide the favoured conditions. The best wind direction is from the southeast. Clean groundswells prevail and the ideal swell direction is from the northwest. A left hand reef break and there is a left hand point break as well. Best around mid tide when the tide is rising. Even when there are waves, it's not likley to be crowded. Take care of urchins and rocks.

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Overall Punta Ballenas 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 Punta Ballenas:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Mancora	4 mi
Second closest break	Los Organos	11 mi
Third closest break	El Nuro	16 mi
Fourth closest break	Cabo Blanco	17 mi
Fifth closest break	Punta Panico	19 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Punta Ballenas:
Closest wave buoy	Western Caribbean Buoy	1437 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Yucatan Basin Buoy	1668 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Eastern Caribbean Buoy	1855 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Bay of Campeche Buoy	1999 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	SW Atlantic Buoy	2037 mi
Tide stations nearest to Punta Ballenas:
Closest tide station	Turbo, Colombia	896 mi
Second closest tide station	Balboa, Panama	907 mi
Third closest tide station	Cristóbal, Panama	931 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Bocas del Toro, Almirante Bay, Panama	932 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Limon, Costa Rica	983 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Punta Ballenas:
Closest ski area	Huascaran (Peru)	420 mi
Second closest ski area	Chacaltaya (Bolivia)	1226 mi
Third closest ski area	Ski Arpa (Chile)	2091 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Portillo (Chile)	2109 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Los Penitentes (Argentina)	2112 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Punta Ballenas:
Closest city location	Mancora (Peru)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Cabo Blanco (Peru)	11 mi
Third closest city location	La Breita (Peru)	16 mi
Fourth closest city location	El Alto (Peru)	19 mi
Fifth closest city location	Papayal (Peru)	21 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Punta Ballenas is Capitan Montes (Talara) Airport (TYL) in Peru, 61 km (38 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Punta Ballenas is Pedro Canga (Tumbes) Airport (TBP), also in Peru, 93 km (58 miles) away.
• Third is Capitan Concha (Piura) Airport (PIU) in Peru, 134 km (83 miles) away.
• General Serrano (Machala) Airport (MCH) in Ecuador is 149 km (93 miles) away.
• General Ulpiano Paez (Salinas) Airport (SNC), also in Ecuador is the fifth nearest airport to Punta Ballenas and is 208 km (129 miles) away.