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Lovers Shore Break 90.6

#125 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇲🇽 Mexico · Baja California Sur · near Cabo San Lucas

Works almost every day, clean mornings are the norm, no off season.

Works all yearWarm waterBeginner friendlyBeginner
Lovers Shore Break, Mexico
Photo: Kirt Edblom from Corvallis, Oregon, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Surf score90.6 /100
Surfable days98% of the year
Clean days64% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell65% period 11 s+
Typical size1.0 m 3.2 ft median
Water25°C boardshorts

Best time to surf Lovers Shore Break

The best time to surf Lovers Shore Break is April, May, June. The season runs Feb to Nov. In May the water sits around 22°C, so pack a 2 mm shorty, and the typical wave is 1.0 m. The nearest airport is SJD (37 km) and the nearest town is Cabo San Lucas (2 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan88%29%0.8 m25°Cvest
Feb93%45%0.8 m23°Cvest
Mar98%64%0.9 m22°Cvest
Apr100%81%0.9 m22°Cvest
May100%96%1.0 m22°C2mm
Jun100%89%1.1 m22°Cvest
Jul100%77%1.1 m28°Cboardies
Aug99%58%1.1 m30°Cboardies
Sep99%62%1.1 m30°Cboardies
Oct100%71%1.0 m29°Cboardies
Nov100%63%0.9 m27°Cboardies
Dec95%35%0.8 m26°Cboardies

What is under Lovers Shore Break

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 30 m.

Depth 8 km out30 m
Depth 4 km out17 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 90.6

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
29.6
Best days 22.4%
6.7
Clean days 18.4%
18.4
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
5.4
Access 4.1%
4.1

The detail

Faces 145° with 58% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 98% of days. Mean peak period 13.0 s. Days over 3 m: 0%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.3 m, with a peak period of 15 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 82%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 22.875, -109.898 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,410/ month
typically €1,240 – €1,580
Rent, one bedroom€742
Groceries€299
Eating out€172
Getting around€98
Phone + internet€103
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€2,760/ month
typically €2,430 – €3,090
Somewhere to stay€1,630
Eating out€581
Car, transfers, fuel€374
Data + extras€178
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Airport and town on the doorstep, so the local estimate is 15% above the country average. Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Mexico (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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