SURF ATLAS/ CARIBBEAN
Tres Palmas
🇵🇷 Rincón, Puerto Rico
The Caribbean's premier big-wave spot, off Rincón in western Puerto Rico. When a strong North Atlantic swell arrives in winter, Tres Palmas rears up over a reef into huge, clean faces — a warm-water big-wave rarity in a marine reserve of endangered elkhorn coral.
REGION
Caribbean
BREAK
Reef Break
LEVEL
Pro
SEASON
Nov–Mar
BEST SWELL
NW XXL groundswell
BEST WIND
E offshore (trades)
WATCH FOR
Size, reef, currents
LIVE REPORT
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