Is Caballos good for beginners?

Caballos is rated Beginner: the median wave is 0.8 m and 95% of days are mellow (0.4 to 1.2 m).

How warm is the water at Caballos?

The yearly mean sea temperature is 28°C, so most of the year you want boardshorts.

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Caballos 56.3

#3956 of 5753 surf spots in the world · 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico · Puerto Rico · near San Juan

Very consistent, wind is the enemy here, no off season.

Works all yearWarm waterBeginner friendlyBeginner

Surf score56.3 /100

Surfable days78% of the year

Clean days0% groundswell + friendly wind

Groundswell0% period 11 s+

Typical size0.8 m 2.5 ft median

Water28°C boardshorts

Best time to surf Caballos

It rarely works. The nearest airport is SJU (3 km) and the nearest town is San Juan (13 km).

Month	Surfable	Clean	Size	Water	Suit
Jan	79%	0%	0.8 m	27°C	boardies
Feb	90%	0%	1.0 m	27°C	boardies
Mar	81%	0%	0.8 m	27°C	boardies
Apr	77%	0%	0.8 m	27°C	boardies
May	89%	0%	0.8 m	28°C	boardies
Jun	89%	0%	0.8 m	28°C	boardies
Jul	95%	0%	0.9 m	28°C	boardies
Aug	84%	0%	0.8 m	29°C	boardies
Sep	52%	0%	0.6 m	30°C	boardies
Oct	52%	0%	0.6 m	30°C	boardies
Nov	73%	0%	0.7 m	29°C	boardies
Dec	81%	0%	0.8 m	28°C	boardies

Why 56.3

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and weighted; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world is 100.

Consistency 26%

23.8

Clean days 24%

0.0

Groundswell 12%

0.0

Season spread 10%

10.0

Wave size 8%

1.1

Water comfort 10%

10.0

Access 10%

9.9

The detail

Faces 351° with 50% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 36% of days. Mean peak period 6.1 s. Days over 3 m: 0%. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 95%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 18.462, -66.005 (OpenStreetMap).

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