San Agustinillo
San Agustinillo · Santa María Tonameca, Oaxaca, Mexico · Beach break
Local time — · Sunrise 06:26 · Sunset 17:55
Reading the ocean.
SWELLRADAR is requesting a verified marine run for San Agustinillo.
Spot intelligence.
This is an unsplit San Agustinillo beach marker, not a surveyed individual takeoff or blanket learner clearance. Original accounts distinguish sheltered lesson water from more powerful open-beach sections, but do not geolocate those sections precisely at this pin. Advanced is a conservative minimum for independent recommendations across the unsplit beach and unvalidated offshore band; selected small-wave lessons do not clear every peak. Confirm the active section and entry locally.
Profile source · WannaSurf · rodrigo_sanchez89's original San Agustinillo atlasProfile sources & limits
Reviewed 24 Oct 2026 · not observation-validated
Published-source review, not validation against measured breaking waves. Compass references are qualitative ranking inputs, not surveyed optima or complete acceptance windows. The inherited 0.6–3.0 m offshore-model band remains unvalidated: not a local surf limit, safe learner range or wave-face conversion. Existing approximate pins remain. Sea requests are model-sampling locations, not takeoff, depth, current, access or provider-cell surveys. Rodrigo_sanchez89's original atlas gives left/right beach peaks, sand with rock and rips, but no wind/swell/tide optimum. Its approximate western marker is not copied over the existing OSM pin. Joseph Richard Francis's original San Agustinillo section supplies S-swell exposure and poor holding of larger swells. The independent firsthand Banana Backpacks visit distinguishes lesson bay from heavier open beach with stronger rip; its rental experience is not an all-condition grade. OSM beach geometry locates the pin west of the separately named Aragón beach, but does not prove that the pin is the particular heavier section in the firsthand account. The profile describes the unsplit named beach with a conservative Advanced gate, not a geolocated learner/open-beach boundary or surveyed takeoff. S is qualitative, not a complete acceptance sector. No independent wind or tide optimum is established, so directional wind/opposite-swell fallback, phase/motion bonuses, preferred windows and adaptive fallback remain off. Surfline's normal-browser guide rendered no body; forecast metadata is not used as mechanics evidence.
- WannaSurf · rodrigo_sanchez89's original San Agustinillo atlas
Direct original: sand/rock left-right beach break and rips; all-surfer label/size assertions are not safe offshore-model limits. No wind/swell/tide optimum supplied.
- The Surf Atlas · Joseph Richard Francis's original Mazunte guide
Exact San Agustinillo section identifies S-swell exposure, smaller winter centre-bay lefts and poor holding of bigger surf; no tide optimum.
- Banana Backpacks · original firsthand Mazunte and San Agustinillo visit
Author's actual board-rental visit distinguishes lesson bay from heavier open-beach waves and stronger rip, preferred by advanced surfers.
- OpenStreetMap · original local beach geometry
Direct API read places imported node4802736378 in the main beach area, west of named Aragón way669745155; identity context only, not bathymetry.
Source-informed axes
Swell axis S · 180°
Wind axis pending · Advanced profile
Wave
Changing left/right beach peaks
Sand with scattered rock · banks unmeasured
Swell window
S · qualitative published exposure reference
0.6–3.0 m offshore ranking band
Clean wind
Light wind · directional optimum unverified
No wind-direction bonus
Tide window
Changing-bank response · unverified
No tide phase affects scoring
Field guide
Read the break.
Character · setup · local read
Field guide
Read the break.
Character
01San Agustinillo is defined by changing left/right beach peaks over sand with scattered rock · banks unmeasured. 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
02S · qualitative published exposure reference swell, light wind · directional optimum unverified and changing-bank response · unverified 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
03This is an advanced profile: positioning, entry and exit should be assessed before committing. Pay particular attention to strong rip currents on the open beach, shorebreak and swell-driven closeouts, rock outcrops and changing sandbanks. 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
Advanced. Works best with S · qualitative published exposure reference swell.
Timing
Light wind · directional optimum unverified
Changing-bank response · unverified. 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.