More than 80 named surf breaks dot the Pacific and lower Sea of Cortez coasts of the Baja Peninsula, and there are probably at least that many unnamed breaks. Here are some of the best, arranged from north to south down the Pacific side of the peninsula, then back north up the Sea of Cortez side.

• Playa Rosarito — long beach break, NW
• Baja Malibu — beach break, NW
• Rene’s — beach break, NW
• Popotla — left reef break, SH
• “Mushroom” — right reef break, NW
• Calafia — right reef break, NW
• Km 36.5 — reef break, left or right, NW/SH
• Km 39 — right point, NW
• Km 42 — reef break, NW
• Playa La Fonda — long beach break, NW
• Salsipuedes — reef break, right or left, NW/SH
• San Miguel — right point, NW
• Punta San José — right point break and reef break, NW/SH
• Eréndira — reef break, right or left, NW/SH
• Cabo Colonet — reef break, NW
• Camalú — right point and reef break, NW/SH
• Cabo San Quintín — beach, reef, and point breaks, NW/S/SH
• Playa Santa María — beach break, SH
• Punta Baja — reef break, NW/SH
• Bahía Asunción — reef break, beach break, NW/SH
• [node:19158 link Punta Abreojos] — right point, reef break, NW/SH
• Isla Natividad — four right point breaks, two left point breaks, NW/S/SH
• San Juanico — right point break, NW/S/SH
• Punta Conejo — right and left point breaks, NW/S/SH
• Punta Márquez — reef break, beach break, S/SH
• La Bocana — beach break, S/SH
• La Pastora — right sand point break, beach break, NW/SH
• Punta Pescadero — reef break, S/SH
• Playa Los Cerritos — beach break, reef break, NW/S/SH
• Punta Gaspareño — right sand point break, NW
• Bahía Migriño — beach break, NW/S/SH
• Bahía Chileno — right reef break, S/SH
• Playa Palmilla — right point break, reef break, S/SH
• Zippers (Playa Costa Azul) — reef break, S/SH
• Punta Gorda — right point break, reef break, S/SH
• Boca del Salado (north of Gorda) — beach break, S/SH
• Bahía Los Frailes — reef break, S/SH
• Cabo Pulmo — reef break, SH
• Punta Arena — right point break, SH
• Punta Colorado — reef break, SH

Owing to ongoing natural climatic and geographic changes, surf locations and conditions may change from year to year. For further details on these and other surfing locations in Baja and the rest of Mexico, visit www.surfline.com, or pick up a copy of the Surfer’s Guide to Baja by Mike Parise.

• NW = northwest windswell and/or west-northwest groundswell
• S = southeast-southwest groundswell
• SH = southeast-southwest hurricane swell