Maldonado, Uruguay
Montoya
Also known as Playa Montoya
Intermediate
Point break
Sand bottom
Peels right
An exposed beach-and-point break in Uruguay with fairly consistent surf. Montoya is mainly right-hand, powered by south groundswells and northwest offshore winds, and autumn and winter are the favoured seasons. It can become busy when working; rocks are a documented hazard.
Hazards
RocksCrowds
Conditions
- Best swell
- S
- Best wind
- NW
- Season
- Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
- Wave quality
- Consistency
- Crowd
- Coordinates
- -34.9132, -54.8439