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Surf Break: Puerto Caldera

Puerto Caldera in Golfo de Nicoya is a sheltered reef/Jetty break that has quite consistent surf . Clean groundswells prevail and the best swell direction is from the south southwest. A left hand reef. It's sometimes crowded here. Beware of rips,boats,pollution etc.

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Overall Puerto Caldera 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 Puerto Caldera

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Puerto Caldera:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Boca Barranca	4 mi
Second closest break	Tavives	4 mi
Third closest break	Playa Valor	11 mi
Fourth closest break	Little Fiji	17 mi
Fifth closest break	Playa Escondida	18 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Puerto Caldera:
Closest wave buoy	Western Caribbean Buoy	523 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Yucatan Basin Buoy	686 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Bay of Campeche Buoy	1038 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East Gulf Buoy	1106 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Mid Gulf Buoy	1147 mi
Tide stations nearest to Puerto Caldera:
Closest tide station	Puntarenas, Costa Rica	9 mi
Second closest tide station	San Juan del Norte (Greytown), Nicaragua	98 mi
Third closest tide station	Limon, Costa Rica	115 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Bluefields Lagoon entrance, Nicaragua	160 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Bocas del Toro, Almirante Bay, Panama	173 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Puerto Caldera:
Closest ski area	Huascaran (Peru)	1403 mi
Second closest ski area	Sky Valley (United States)	1736 mi
Third closest ski area	Scaly Mountain (United States)	1740 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Cataloochee (United States)	1776 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort (United States)	1784 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Puerto Caldera:
Closest city location	Chacarita (Costa Rica)	6 mi
Second closest city location	Esparza (Costa Rica)	6 mi
Third closest city location	Puntarenas (Costa Rica)	9 mi
Fourth closest city location	Miramar (Costa Rica)	13 mi
Fifth closest city location	Orotina (Costa Rica)	13 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Puerto Caldera is Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) in Costa Rica, 57 km (35 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Puerto Caldera is Quepos Managua Airport (XQP), also in Costa Rica, 83 km (52 miles) away.
• Third is Nosara Airport (NOB) in Costa Rica, 102 km (63 miles) away.
• Daniel Oduber Quiros International (Liberia) Airport (LIR) in Costa Rica is 118 km (73 miles) away.
• Palmar Sur Airport (PMZ), also in Costa Rica is the fifth nearest airport to Puerto Caldera and is 174 km (108 miles) away.