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Zicatela · Main Beach

Name: Zicatela · Main Beach
Address: Puerto Escondido, Mexico

Puerto Escondido, Mexico · Beach break

Local time — · Sunrise 06:31 · Sunset 17:56

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Reading the ocean.

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Spot intelligence.

This is Zicatela's powerful main beachbreak, not La Punta or the sheltered learning coves around Puerto Escondido. Shallow sandbars produce fast, heavy barrels. Advanced ability and a current local assessment remain essential even when the model shows favourable wind.

Profile source · Casa Leah · Zicatela local guide

Profile sources & limits

Reviewed 18 Oct 2026 · not observation-validated

Published guides reviewed by SWELLRADAR, not validation against measured breaking waves. Direction axes and relative tide bands are qualitative ranking inputs, not surveyed geometry. Existing offshore-model height bands are retained, not converted from reported wave-face heights. Missing or conflicting direction/tide guidance contributes no directional/phase bonus. Offshore sample points are not takeoff or reef-depth measurements. The Zicatela-specific guide is used rather than transferring the wider Puerto Escondido point-break profile. No dependable main-beach tide phase is established; a small offshore-model value is not proof of small breaking surf.

Casa Leah · Zicatela local guide
Main beachbreak, shallow sandbars and advanced ability distinct from nearby learning beaches
Surf-Forecast · Zicatela guide
Zicatela-specific SSW swell, NE offshore wind and left/right beach peaks

Source-informed axes

Swell axis SSW · 203°

Offshore wind from NE · Advanced profile

Wave

Heavy lefts and rights

Shallow, shifting sandbars

Swell window

S–SW · SSW focus

1.5–4.5 m offshore ranking band

Clean wind

NE · light offshore

Applied to wind scoring

Tide window

Bank-specific · no tide bonus

No tide phase affects scoring

Field guide

Read the break.

Character · setup · local read

Character

Zicatela · Main Beach is defined by heavy lefts and rights over shallow, shifting sandbars. 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

S–SW · SSW focus swell, ne · light offshore and bank-specific · no tide bonus form the profile baseline. SWELLRADAR retains 1.5–4.5 m as an offshore-model ranking band, not a measured local surf limit or a breaking-wave prediction.

Lineup read

This is an advanced profile: positioning, entry and exit should be assessed before committing. Pay particular attention to heavy shorebreak, critical barrels, rip currents. Local signs and advice always take priority.

Know before you paddle

Live conditions and local advice always override this profile.

Heavy shorebreakCritical barrelsRip currentsLarge cleanup sets

Optional community layerRecent surfer reportsVoluntary and potentially incomplete. Not used for the forecast or Surf Score.

The break

Beach break

Advanced. Works best with S–SW · SSW focus swell.

Timing

NE · light offshore

Bank-specific · no tide bonus. 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.