Playa Pantaleta
Camurí Grande · La Guaira, Venezuela · Beach break
Local time — · Sunrise 06:21 · Sunset 18:02
Reading the ocean.
SWELLRADAR is requesting a verified marine run for Playa Pantaleta.
Spot intelligence.
Pantaleta's retained beach marker is not a survey of each nearby Pelúa or El Fido takeoff. Published first-hand accounts describe changing central banks and substantial post-1999 flood changes. Intermediate is a conservative minimum for independent recommendations, not a claim that the present bank is rideable or a safe lesson range. Recheck the shorebreak, bank shape and exit locally.
Profile source · WannaSurf · Guillermo Riascos' original Pantaleta listing and dated participant commentProfile sources & limits
Reviewed 23 Oct 2026 · not observation-validated
Published sources reviewed by SWELLRADAR, not validation against measured breaking waves. Swell-from references are qualitative ranking inputs, not surveyed optima or complete acceptance windows. The inherited generic 0.6–3.0 m offshore-model band remains unchanged and unvalidated: not a measured local working range, safe learner range or wave-face conversion. Original approximate map pins and location references remain. Explicit sea requests do not survey takeoffs, bottom clearance, sandbars, currents, entry routes or provider-snapped cells. Guillermo Riascos' original WannaSurf listing describes sandy left/right banks, fast powerful surf and N/NW/NE swell. A dated 2008 first-person comment warns that the 1999 floods left steep beach and near-sand breaking surf; it is evidence of historical instability, not a present-condition observation. Surf-Forecast's own guide gives NNE swell, S wind and a beach/reef classification; its separate participant account distinguishes central banks from Pelúa and El Fido. The original listing's northerly wind sector differs from that S reference, so direction scoring and opposite-swell fallback remain disabled. Jerika Valera's 2013/2014 Venelogía account independently locates the sandy surf beach and strong surf, not its underwater bottom or today's services. All-stage surf wording establishes no consistent preferred phase, safe depth or equal quality. Tide remains unverified without bonuses or adaptive fallback; nearby sections are not independent swell systems.
- WannaSurf · Guillermo Riascos' original Pantaleta listing and dated participant comment
Original indexed author listing reports sandy left/right banks, N/NW/NE swell and northerly wind; a dated 2008 participant describes historical post-flood steep shorebreak, not current conditions; direct fetch failed
- Surf-Forecast · original Pantaleta guide and participant section account
Original guide gives NNE swell and independent S wind; its participant account distinguishes central sandbanks, Pelúa west and El Fido east, with historical morphology changes rather than measured present banks
- Venelogía · Jerika Valera's original Pantaleta account, 2013/2014
Author's original travel account locates the sandy Camurí Grande/Naiguatá surf beach and describes strong surf; dated amenities and protection-civil references are not current availability
Source-informed axes
Swell axis NNE · 23°
Wind axis pending · Intermediate profile
Wave
Lefts and rights · changing central banks
Sand banks · rock-influenced margins
Swell window
NNE · qualitative bank reference
0.6–3.0 m offshore ranking band
Clean wind
Light wind · direction unresolved
No wind-direction bonus
Tide window
Morphology-dependent · check locally
No tide phase affects scoring
Field guide
Read the break.
Character · setup · local read
Field guide
Read the break.
Character
01Playa Pantaleta is defined by lefts and rights · changing central banks over sand banks · rock-influenced margins. 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
02NNE · qualitative bank reference swell, light wind · direction unresolved and morphology-dependent · 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
03Choose a peak that matches your experience and reassess it as tide and crowd change. Pay particular attention to steep shorebreak and shifting banks, rock and urchin sections near the margins, crowded mixed-use beach. Local signs and advice always take priority.
Know before you paddle
Live conditions and local advice always override this profile.
Optional community layerRecent surfer reportsVoluntary and potentially incomplete. Not used for the forecast or Surf Score.
The break
Beach break
Intermediate. Works best with NNE · qualitative bank reference swell.
Timing
Light wind · direction unresolved
Morphology-dependent · 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.