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Live cam: Playa Zicatela

Watch the swell hit the sandbar in real time. Best light early morning and late afternoon; cams occasionally go down — refresh, or check the Zicatela page for context on what you're seeing.

The live stream is briefly offline — cams on this coast ride out salt, storms and power cuts. It usually returns within hours; meanwhile the surf report below is current.

Surf report

swell1.8 m (6 ft) @ 16s from SSW (195°)

wind6 kn NNE, gusts 9 kn

seas2.1 m combined @ 14s

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Zicatela buoy model · updated Tue 3 AM local · offshore mornings are the rule here — trust the cam over the numbers when they disagree.

More live views

Two other cameras watch this coast, each with its own deal: Surfline’s Zicatela cam is the surf-industry reference — rewindable, multi-angle, and part of their paid service — and SkylineWebcams’ Puerto Escondido view streams free on their site. Both are worth a bookmark alongside this page: different angles tell you different things about the same swell.