Today — right on the edge — wave, wind and surge pounding.
Sources & confidence
Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine · How it works →
The verdict comes from seven water factors and hard safety gates — not ten tabs. Go or stay.
Our own model
Our own forecast engine — not a third-party widget. It weighs these water factors into one go-or-stay verdict for this coast; the 0–10 dial is that verdict, read out as a number.
Safety gates
It all folds into a single 0–10 score and one verdict: go or stay.
A forecast, not a guarantee — the sea has the last word.
Where to get in, where to hunt
Wind, wave and the swell windows — when to go and the best hours.
The day is picked above, in the hero. Here are that day's windows, the hour-by-hour map and the trends. Tap a window to break down the conditions.
Leave your email — and the moment a window opens at La Blanquilla, we'll send the go / no-go verdict. Email is all we need.
What's missing? Tell us what you'd like to see — new spots, species, data or features. We read everything.
Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.
spearo.app folds wind, wave, swell period, visibility, tides, water temperature and risk into a single verdict — go to the spot or not. It computes 7 days ahead from open marine models (Open-Meteo, IPMA), with no sign-up and no accounts. Built for solo spearfishing off the rocks, where any mistake costs dearly.
Now live: 3016 spots across 406 stretches of coast — mainland Portugal, Madeira and the Azores.
See all spotsRelief and bottom type, tides, and the depths of each spot.
The models set the window. Whether you go in is read only at the water: count the sets, watch the surge on the entry. If in doubt, you don't get in.
Scouted entries, coloured by today. The colour is the sea state at the spot, not a guarantee: the wash and a slippery entry you judge on site.
Open the seafloor mapClassic leeward anchorage on the W coast, shallow coral reef 2–15 m with very clear water. Grouper, cubera snapper, barracuda. Island coords verified; spot approximate.
Google MapsSOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.
Cameras, map and reference — to hand as you come up.
Rules change and are loosely enforced. Before heading out, check with INSOPESCA (underwater permit, FVAS card + RIF); PN Morrocoy and other park zones are restricted.
La Blanquilla has rock entry points such as Bahía Americano (sotavento W). La Blanquilla is a remote federal dependency N of Margarita: a low island ringed by shallow coral reefs, high biodiversity and very clear water — among the best diving in Venezuela. Below you'll find each spot (access, shelter and hazards) and today's forecast.
Fishable year-round; the dry season (Dec–Apr) brings the calmest, clearest water to Margarita and the offshore islands.
Warm, ~26–28 °C — rashguard. Clear island water; La Tortuga and La Blanquilla are offshore, boat-only reefs.
Moderate: clear island reefs, but the best (La Tortuga, La Blanquilla) are offshore and need a boat trip.
In La Blanquilla you need an INSOPESCA licence and a speargun permit (porte de arpón, DAEX); breath-hold only. Important: in the national parks (Los Roques, Morrocoy, Mochima, La Restinga) spearfishing is BANNED (no-take) — hunt only at spots outside the parks. Official minimum sizes aren't published; use conservative limits and release anything doubtful. Factor in country safety/logistics. See the guide.
