Hammerhead Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(Nayarit, Mexico)

Hammerhead Surf Guide
Hammerhead in Nayarit is a quite exposed beach break that has quite consistent surf. Summer offers the favoured conditions for surfing. Works best in offshore winds from the northwest. Clean groundswells prevail and the ideal swell direction is from the south. The beach break provides left and right handers. Rarely crowded here. Hazards include rips, sharks and rocks.
Hammerhead Spot Info
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Reliability: | Todays Sea Temp*: |
fairly consistent | 23.8°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite |
Surfing Hammerhead:
The best conditions reported for surf at Hammerhead occur when a South swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northwest.
What's the best time of year to surf Hammerhead (for consistent clean waves)?
Explore Hammerhead Location Map
Interactive Hammerhead surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The nearest passenger airport to Hammerhead is Licenciado Gustavo Diaz Ordaz International (Puerto Vallarta) Airport (PVR) in Mexico, which is 122 km (76 miles) away (directly). The second closest airport to Hammerhead is Tepic Airport (TPQ), also in Mexico, 144 km (89 miles) away.
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Wind State | glass | on | cross- off |
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Tides at Hammerhead
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Swell History at Hammerhead
Surf stats for Hammerhead, see the swell variation by month or season on the history page here.
Wind History at Hammerhead
Wind stats for Hammerhead, see the variation in direction and stength by month or season on the history page here.
Hammerhead Reviews:
Interactive Porthcawl Point location map. View nearby buoy information, live wind conditions and surrounding roads, paths and locations to help find new breaks. Click the buoys or wind icon to view more information.
This break is situated on the East Cape of the island of Magnalena the Southern third island. The Tres Marias, Chain of islands located 70miles offshore of Narait which houses a 100yr old colonial style prison, where nowadays, they no longer have low risk prisoners (Madre). They are tougher and stricter when it comes to invading federal space. You can expect to be mugged shot for the records. No more slaps on the hand.
This place is one of the last places in the warm water North Americas where a world class wave breaks virtually unridden. Offshore predominantly NW 70 percent of the time. Water so clear the foam is blue, animals that are not accustomed to mankind. June through September expect the unexpected in weather. Surf can be 1 foot overhead when the coast of Nayarit is virtually flat. Surf can reach epic proportions, tow in size..I have personally been in the water at this break more than just a few times when it was at least 15 foot AND 20 plus at Caballos. I have seen it on big souths, Caballos (An offshore "A" frame) folding over at 20 foot plus, offshore spray trailing 300 feet in the air behind these giants (This has to be where the name comes from) looks like a herd of horses galloping with their manes flying in the wind behind them, and it looks just like that. Breath taking to say the least. This is the treasure of treasures when the souths are working. Once in a life time deal, difficult at best to reach...surfs always up when showing on the coast as a south swell. How you are going to get out there? That's another story in itself. Later.”
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Wave Buoys Nearest To Hammerhead:
- Closest Wave BuoyCorpus Christi Buoy717 mi
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- Fourth closest Wave BuoyWest Gulf Buoy853 mi
- Fifth closest Wave BuoyGalveston Buoy919 mi