Dominical

Dominical is an SW-facing beach break in Costa Rica. It picks up swell from SSE to S and S to SW and SW to WNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 51% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NE: light winds or NE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SW onshores chop it up.

Break

Beach

Faces

SW (225°)

Best swell

S to W (185°–266°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

N to E offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

SSE to S (167° to 177°); S to SW (181.5° to 221°); SW to WNW (221.5° to 285°)

Offshore wind

NE

Tide

Model estimate

Wave buoy

None within 250 km

Cams

1