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Barco Quebrado in Limon is an exposed beach break that usually has waves Offshore winds blow from the southwest. Windswells are much more common than groundswells and the best wave direction is from the northeast. The beach breaks favour rights. Rarely crowded here. Take care of rips,jellyfish,.

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Overall Barco Quebrado Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see Barco Quebrado surf quality by season and Barco Quebrado surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to Costa-Rica - Limon surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Barco Quebrado

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Barco Quebrado:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Westfalia	2 mi
Second closest break	Isla Uvita	7 mi
Third closest break	Roca Alta	9 mi
Fourth closest break	Playa Bonita	10 mi
Fifth closest break	Portete	10 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Barco Quebrado:
Closest wave buoy	Western Caribbean Buoy	487 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Yucatan Basin Buoy	699 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Bay of Campeche Buoy	1111 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East Gulf Buoy	1118 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Mid Gulf Buoy	1185 mi
Tide stations nearest to Barco Quebrado:
Closest tide station	Limon, Costa Rica	7 mi
Second closest tide station	Bocas del Toro, Almirante Bay, Panama	63 mi
Third closest tide station	San Juan del Norte (Greytown), Nicaragua	86 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Puntarenas, Costa Rica	126 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Bluefields Lagoon entrance, Nicaragua	153 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Barco Quebrado:
Closest ski area	Huascaran (Peru)	1365 mi
Second closest ski area	Sky Valley (United States)	1735 mi
Third closest ski area	Scaly Mountain (United States)	1738 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Cataloochee (United States)	1773 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort (United States)	1784 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Barco Quebrado:
Closest city location	Puerto Limon (Costa Rica)	8 mi
Second closest city location	Matina (Costa Rica)	24 mi
Third closest city location	Batan (Costa Rica)	27 mi
Fourth closest city location	Barranco (Panama)	33 mi
Fifth closest city location	Sixaola (Costa Rica)	37 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Barco Quebrado is Limon International Airport (LIO) in Costa Rica, 8 km (5 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Barco Quebrado is Cap Manuel Nino International (Changuinola) Airport (CHX) in Panama, 71 km (44 miles) away.
• Third is Bocas Del Toro Airport (BOC) in Panama, 101 km (63 miles) away.
• Palmar Sur Airport (PMZ) in Costa Rica is 119 km (74 miles) away.
• Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO), also in Costa Rica is the fifth nearest airport to Barco Quebrado and is 135 km (84 miles) away.