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Dominacalito and The Point in Golfo de Nicoya is an exposed beach and point break that has quite reliable surf The best wind direction is from the northeast. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the ideal swell direction is from the south. Waves at the beach are both lefts and rights and in addition, there is also a left hand point break. A fairly popluar wave that can sometimes get crowded Watch out for rips and rocks.

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Overall Dominacalito and The Point 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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Use this relief map to navigate to Costa-Rica - Golfo de Nicoya surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Dominacalito and The Point

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Dominacalito and The Point:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Dominical	7 mi
Second closest break	Playa El Rey	21 mi
Third closest break	Playita	32 mi
Fourth closest break	Manuel Antonio	33 mi
Fifth closest break	Quepos	37 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Dominacalito and The Point:
Closest wave buoy	Western Caribbean Buoy	550 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Yucatan Basin Buoy	742 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Bay of Campeche Buoy	1119 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East Gulf Buoy	1163 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Mid Gulf Buoy	1216 mi
Tide stations nearest to Dominacalito and The Point:
Closest tide station	Limon, Costa Rica	77 mi
Second closest tide station	Puntarenas, Costa Rica	92 mi
Third closest tide station	Bocas del Toro, Almirante Bay, Panama	104 mi
Fourth closest tide station	San Juan del Norte (Greytown), Nicaragua	122 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Bluefields Lagoon entrance, Nicaragua	197 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Dominacalito and The Point:
Closest ski area	Huascaran (Peru)	1332 mi
Second closest ski area	Sky Valley (United States)	1787 mi
Third closest ski area	Scaly Mountain (United States)	1790 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Cataloochee (United States)	1826 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort (United States)	1835 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Dominacalito and The Point:
Closest city location	Daniel Flores (Costa Rica)	14 mi
Second closest city location	Mercedes (Costa Rica)	15 mi
Third closest city location	San Isidro (Costa Rica)	17 mi
Fourth closest city location	Ciudad Cortes (Costa Rica)	21 mi
Fifth closest city location	Buenos Aires (Costa Rica)	30 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Dominacalito and The Point is Palmar Sur Airport (PMZ) in Costa Rica, 39 km (24 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Dominacalito and The Point is Quepos Managua Airport (XQP), also in Costa Rica, 52 km (32 miles) away.
• Third is Golfito Airport (GLF) in Costa Rica, 85 km (53 miles) away.
• Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) in Costa Rica is 106 km (66 miles) away.
• Coto 47 Airport (OTR), also in Costa Rica is the fifth nearest airport to Dominacalito and The Point and is 107 km (66 miles) away.