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Playa El Tamborón

Falcón · Venezuela

IntermediateBeach break11.720, -69.769

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Playa El Tamborón is a S-facing sand beach on the Venezuela shoreline, opening onto the Caribbean Sea — it catches SE–SW swell, and offshore NW–NE winds tidy the banks through year-round.

10-day forecast

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Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~28°C (82.4°F) on average

Jan

25.1°C

77.2°F · 22.7–27°C

Feb

24.8°C

76.6°F · 23.5–27.4°C

Mar

25.3°C

77.5°F · 23.8–26.9°C

Apr

25.6°C

78.1°F · 24.6–26.6°C

May

26.5°C

79.7°F · 24.7–28.5°C

Jun

26.8°C

80.2°F · 24.9–29°C

Jul

26.6°C

79.9°F · 24.5–28.5°C

Aug

27.3°C

81.1°F · 25.6–28.6°C

Sep

28°C

82.4°F · 26.5–29.6°C

Oct

28.6°C

83.5°F · 26.8–31.1°C

Nov

28.1°C

82.6°F · 25.9–29.4°C

Dec

26.7°C

80.1°F · 24.2–29.5°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

SE–SW

Best wind

NW–NE

Break type

Beach break

Best season

Year-round

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back.

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