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Cuyagua Beach

Cuyagua · Aragua, Venezuela · Beach break

Local time — · Sunrise 06:24 · Sunset 18:06

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Reading the ocean.

SWELLRADAR is requesting a verified marine run for Cuyagua Beach.

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Spot intelligence.

The retained marker represents Cuyagua's beach, with several sand-and-rock peaks. The western left can be fast and tubular; it is not a beach-wide learner zone. Intermediate is a conservative minimum for independent recommendations across the unsplit beach and unvalidated model band. The local school's selected, instructor-accompanied learning is not all-condition beginner clearance or a confirmed present booking. Check the active peak, rock positions and river-mouth conditions locally.

Profile source · Surfmarket · original Cuyagua beach guide
Profile sources & limits

Reviewed 23 Oct 2026 · not observation-validated

Published sources reviewed by SWELLRADAR, not validation against measured breaking waves. Swell-from and wind-from inputs are independent qualitative references, not surveyed optima or complete acceptance windows. All five inherited 0.6–3.0 m offshore-model ranking bands remain unchanged and unvalidated: they are not measured local working ranges, safe learner limits or wave-face conversions. Approximate original place markers are retained, not surveyed takeoffs or approved entries. Explicit sea requests and provider snapping do not resolve local sandbars, reefs, current channels, jetty reflection or wave faces. Surfmarket's original Cuyagua beach listing explicitly supplies sand/rock, multiple left/right peaks, N/NE swell and independent S/SW wind. NNE/22.5° is a coarse centre of that reported swell sector and S/180° is a stated wind reference, not a survey or a full acceptance window. Its broad all-levels and all-stage tide labels do not validate every peak, size or tide quality. The Escuela de Surf Cuyagua's first-person account hosted by Venezuela Tuya independently establishes locally selected, accompanied lessons, not independent ability, live operator availability or rescue cover; the host explicitly does not verify advertiser claims. The similarly named Surf-Forecast Cuyagua (Toda San) reef is not used to overwrite this unsplit beach's bottom or tide mechanics. No wave height, preferred tide, river pollution status, rock clearance or safe entry is inferred.

NS

Source-informed axes

Swell axis NNE · 23°

Offshore wind from S · Intermediate profile

Wave

Lefts and rights · multiple beach peaks

Sand and rock · changing beach peaks

Swell window

N–NE · qualitative beach reference

0.6–3.0 m offshore ranking band

Clean wind

S · qualitative guide reference

Applied to wind scoring

Tide window

Peak-specific · check locally

No tide phase affects scoring

Field guide

Read the break.

Character

01

Cuyagua Beach is defined by lefts and rights · multiple beach peaks over sand and rock · changing beach peaks. The shape can change with swell angle, period and the active section, so the live score should always be paired with a visual check from shore.

Best setup

02

N–NE · qualitative beach reference swell, s · qualitative guide reference and peak-specific · check locally form the profile baseline. SWELLRADAR retains 0.6–3.0 m as an offshore-model ranking band, not a measured local surf limit or a breaking-wave prediction.

Lineup read

03

Choose a peak that matches your experience and reassess it as tide and crowd change. Pay particular attention to rocky sections and margins, fast hollow western peaks, shared surf and bodyboard lineup. Local signs and advice always take priority.

Know before you paddle

Live conditions and local advice always override this profile.

Rocky sections and marginsFast hollow western peaksShared surf and bodyboard lineup
Optional community layerRecent surfer reportsVoluntary and potentially incomplete. Not used for the forecast or Surf Score.

The break

Beach break

Intermediate. Works best with N–NE · qualitative beach reference swell.

Timing

S · qualitative guide reference

Peak-specific · check locally. Re-check local observations and the lineup before you paddle out.

Data note

Model data unavailable

SWELLRADAR withholds numerical conditions, scores and surf windows until a quality-checked marine forecast is available.