Oaxaca, Mexico
Barra de la Cruz
Intermediate
Rivermouth break
Sand bottom
Peels right
0.8–3.5 m
Mid tide
A rivermouth point east of Puerto Escondido that hosted the 2021 WSL Corona Open Mexico: long, fast, open-face rights that peel from the river mouth down a wild, palm-backed beach. Quality is superb on a south swell and the setting still feels like old Oaxaca.
Hazards
RipStrong Current
Conditions
- Best swell
- S, SSW, SW
- Best wind
- N, NE
- Season
- Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
- Wave size
- 0.8–3.5 m
- Wave quality
- Consistency
- Crowd
- Coordinates
- 15.8920, -96.8930
Facilities
ParkingToiletsCafe