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Punta Blanca in Guayas is an exposed reef break that has quite reliable surf. Spring and Summer provide the best conditions. Offshore winds blow from the southeast. Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the ideal swell direction is from the northwest. The reef provides both left and right breaks. Best around low tide. A fairly popluar wave that can sometimes get crowded Hazards include rips and rocks.

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Overall Punta Blanca 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 Ecuador - Guayas surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Punta Blanca

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Punta Blanca:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	El Mansito	4 mi
Second closest break	Punta Barandua	6 mi
Third closest break	Los Capaes	9 mi
Fourth closest break	Punta Murcielago	9 mi
Fifth closest break	Punta Chulluype	10 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Punta Blanca:
Closest wave buoy	Western Caribbean Buoy	1303 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Yucatan Basin Buoy	1539 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Eastern Caribbean Buoy	1740 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Bay of Campeche Buoy	1887 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	East of Bahamas Buoy	1907 mi
Tide stations nearest to Punta Blanca:
Closest tide station	Turbo, Colombia	763 mi
Second closest tide station	Balboa, Panama	771 mi
Third closest tide station	Cristóbal, Panama	795 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Bocas del Toro, Almirante Bay, Panama	799 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Limon, Costa Rica	852 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Punta Blanca:
Closest ski area	Huascaran (Peru)	530 mi
Second closest ski area	Chacaltaya (Bolivia)	1313 mi
Third closest ski area	Ski Arpa (Chile)	2214 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Portillo (Chile)	2232 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Los Penitentes (Argentina)	2235 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Punta Blanca:
Closest city location	Santa Elena (Ecuador)	10 mi
Second closest city location	La Libertad (Ecuador)	12 mi
Third closest city location	Salinas (Ecuador)	16 mi
Fourth closest city location	Pedro Carbo (Ecuador)	42 mi
Fifth closest city location	Playas (Ecuador)	44 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Punta Blanca is General Ulpiano Paez (Salinas) Airport (SNC) in Ecuador, 27 km (17 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Punta Blanca is Simon Bolivar International (Guayaquil) Airport (GYE), also in Ecuador, 97 km (60 miles) away.
• Third is Reales Tamarindos (Portoviejo) Airport (PVO) in Ecuador, 124 km (77 miles) away.
• Eloy Alfaro International (Manta) Airport (MEC) in Ecuador is 131 km (81 miles) away.
• General Serrano (Machala) Airport (MCH), also in Ecuador is the fifth nearest airport to Punta Blanca and is 156 km (97 miles) away.