Puntarenas

Puntarenas is an S-facing beach break in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. It picks up swell from SSE to S, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 84% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the N: light winds or N breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while S onshores chop it up.

Break

Beach

Faces

S (180°)

Best swell

SSE to S (153°–190°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

NW to NE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

SSE to S (153.5° to 190°)

Offshore wind

N

Tide

Model estimate

Wave buoy

None within 250 km

Cams

1