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Rio Tapextla in Oaxaca is an exposed river break that has reasonably consistent surf. Summer offers the optimum conditions for surfing. Offshore winds are from the northeast. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the best swell direction is from the south southwest. Waves at the river are both lefts and rights. Relatively few surfers here, even on good days. Beware of rips and sharks.

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Overall Rio Tapextla 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 Rio Tapextla surf quality by season and Rio Tapextla surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to Mexico - Oaxaca surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Rio Tapextla

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Rio Tapextla:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Chacahua	19 mi
Second closest break	Cerro Hermoso	21 mi
Third closest break	Punta Maldonado	34 mi
Fourth closest break	Punta Colorada	40 mi
Fifth closest break	Pinitas	43 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Rio Tapextla:
Closest wave buoy	Bay of Campeche Buoy	481 mi
Second closest wave buoy	West Gulf Buoy	722 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Corpus Christi Buoy	751 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Freeport Buoy	828 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Mid Gulf Buoy	861 mi
Tide stations nearest to Rio Tapextla:
Closest tide station	Puerto Angel, Oaxaca, Mexico	105 mi
Second closest tide station	Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico	136 mi
Third closest tide station	Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico	186 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Alvarado, Veracruz, Mexico (2)	234 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Alvarado, Veracruz, Mexico	235 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Rio Tapextla:
Closest ski area	Ski Apache (United States)	1278 mi
Second closest ski area	Mt Lemmon Ski Valley (United States)	1384 mi
Third closest ski area	Sandia Peak (United States)	1418 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Sunrise Park Resort (United States)	1428 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Ski Santa Fe (United States)	1436 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Rio Tapextla:
Closest city location	Santa Maria Huazolotitlan (Mexico)	12 mi
Second closest city location	Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (Mexico)	14 mi
Third closest city location	San Andres Huaxpaltepec (Mexico)	14 mi
Fourth closest city location	Santiago Jamiltepec (Mexico)	16 mi
Fifth closest city location	Santa Catarina Mechoacan (Mexico)	18 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Rio Tapextla is Puerto Escondido Airport (PXM) in Mexico, 101 km (63 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Rio Tapextla is Xoxocotlan International (Oaxaca) Airport (OAX), also in Mexico, 167 km (104 miles) away.
• Third is Bahias De Huatulco International Airport (HUX) in Mexico, 190 km (118 miles) away.
• General Juan N Alvarez International (Acapulco) Airport (ACA) in Mexico is 200 km (124 miles) away.
• Tehuacan Airport (TCN), also in Mexico is the fifth nearest airport to Rio Tapextla and is 271 km (168 miles) away.