Surf Forecast  La Ticla

La Ticla surfspot characteristics

More about La Ticla surfspot

La Ticla is visible from the Mex 200 and many stop to ride this epic wave. When it’s small it’s a good, fun beachbreak, but with a bit of S-SW swell, La Ticla becomes an awesome rivermouth left. The rights can be almost as good in W-NW and there is space to handle a crowd, especially if you walk north or south of the main peak. Beginners should head south to Ixtapilla for easier walls.

General: The mouth of the Ostula River is a reliable wave machine. While La Ticla is open to swell from the S to NW, it will produce its best work in the spring, summer and fall, when proper S swells are pouring in. The wave itself is an A-frame that breaks over sand and cobbles and provides long walls and feathering barrels. Due to its consistency, La Ticla has become a hot spot in this region of mainland, thus it can become crowded when a swell is running. Tides: All tides. Size: Waist high to double overhead Wind: NE Swell: S, SW, W Bottom: Sand, Rock, Reef. Paddling: Medium to heavy after long rides. Spot Rating: As fun as it gets when there's swell.

Beginner to advanced

Just look for signs off of Mex 200.

March-November

Crowd Factor: Can be heavy at certain times in the year. Local Vibe: Only when it's crowded; generally mellow.

Hazards are many including rips, crowds on good days, higher shark factor and a real problem with banditos and federales extorting money from the campers at gunpoint, yet the surfers keep coming to ride this Mexican gem.

Use caution after heavy rains.

Rocks, urchins.