Punta Barigona Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

Punta Barigona in Golfo de Nicoya is an exposed point break that has quite reliable surf Offshore winds blow from the east northeast. Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the ideal swell direction is from the south southwest.The break here is a left hand point. It's sometimes crowded here. Watch out for dangerous rips.

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Overall Punta Barigona 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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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Punta Barigona:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	El Carmen	1 mi
Second closest break	Playa Santa Teresa	2 mi
Third closest break	Playa Manzanillo	10 mi
Fourth closest break	Playa Caletas	13 mi
Fifth closest break	Playa Coyote	16 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Punta Barigona:
Closest wave buoy	Western Caribbean Buoy	554 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Yucatan Basin Buoy	706 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Bay of Campeche Buoy	1039 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East Gulf Buoy	1126 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Mid Gulf Buoy	1160 mi
Tide stations nearest to Punta Barigona:
Closest tide station	Puntarenas, Costa Rica	33 mi
Second closest tide station	San Juan del Norte (Greytown), Nicaragua	134 mi
Third closest tide station	Limon, Costa Rica	147 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Bluefields Lagoon entrance, Nicaragua	193 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Bocas del Toro, Almirante Bay, Panama	198 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Punta Barigona:
Closest ski area	Huascaran (Peru)	1393 mi
Second closest ski area	Mount Pleasant (United States)	1664 mi
Third closest ski area	Cloudmont (United States)	1725 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Sky Valley (United States)	1759 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Scaly Mountain (United States)	1763 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Punta Barigona:
Closest city location	Paquera (Costa Rica)	21 mi
Second closest city location	Nandayure (Costa Rica)	30 mi
Third closest city location	Puntarenas (Costa Rica)	33 mi
Fourth closest city location	Samara (Costa Rica)	33 mi
Fifth closest city location	Jaco (Costa Rica)	35 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Punta Barigona is Nosara Airport (NOB) in Costa Rica, 70 km (43 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Punta Barigona is Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO), also in Costa Rica, 112 km (70 miles) away.
• Third is Quepos Managua Airport (XQP) in Costa Rica, 113 km (70 miles) away.
• Daniel Oduber Quiros International (Liberia) Airport (LIR) in Costa Rica is 119 km (74 miles) away.
• Palmar Sur Airport (PMZ), also in Costa Rica is the fifth nearest airport to Punta Barigona and is 198 km (123 miles) away.