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Tavives in Golfo de Nicoya is a fairly exposed beach break that does not work very often The best wind direction is from the northeast. Clean groundswells prevail and the best swell direction is from the southwest. Waves at the beach are both lefts and rights. Sometimes crowded. Beware of rips and polluition.

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Overall Tavives 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 Tavives:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Puerto Caldera	4 mi
Second closest break	Playa Valor	7 mi
Third closest break	Boca Barranca	8 mi
Fourth closest break	Little Fiji	13 mi
Fifth closest break	Playa Escondida	14 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Tavives:
Closest wave buoy	Western Caribbean Buoy	526 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Yucatan Basin Buoy	689 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Bay of Campeche Buoy	1042 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East Gulf Buoy	1110 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Mid Gulf Buoy	1151 mi
Tide stations nearest to Tavives:
Closest tide station	Puntarenas, Costa Rica	12 mi
Second closest tide station	San Juan del Norte (Greytown), Nicaragua	100 mi
Third closest tide station	Limon, Costa Rica	114 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Bluefields Lagoon entrance, Nicaragua	163 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Bocas del Toro, Almirante Bay, Panama	170 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Tavives:
Closest ski area	Huascaran (Peru)	1399 mi
Second closest ski area	Sky Valley (United States)	1740 mi
Third closest ski area	Scaly Mountain (United States)	1743 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Cataloochee (United States)	1779 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort (United States)	1788 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Tavives:
Closest city location	Esparza (Costa Rica)	9 mi
Second closest city location	Chacarita (Costa Rica)	11 mi
Third closest city location	Orotina (Costa Rica)	11 mi
Fourth closest city location	Puntarenas (Costa Rica)	13 mi
Fifth closest city location	Desamparados (Costa Rica)	15 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Tavives is Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) in Costa Rica, 55 km (34 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Tavives is Quepos Managua Airport (XQP), also in Costa Rica, 77 km (48 miles) away.
• Third is Nosara Airport (NOB) in Costa Rica, 106 km (66 miles) away.
• Daniel Oduber Quiros International (Liberia) Airport (LIR) in Costa Rica is 124 km (77 miles) away.
• Palmar Sur Airport (PMZ), also in Costa Rica is the fifth nearest airport to Tavives and is 168 km (104 miles) away.