La Bahia Surf Forecast

/ Amber Coast (21 surf breaks) /

Dominican Republic (53 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

La Bahia surfForecast / Amber Coast / Dominican Republic

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 AST

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La Bahia surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's La Bahia sea temperature is 29.9° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at La Bahia today?

The current surf forecast for La Bahia at 8PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s
Evening (18 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s

Table - waves today at La Bahia. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	2	3	3	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	257	264	264	270	264	264	223	186	157	131	131	149	149	124	190	154	156	362	409	441	519	493	475	403
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	E	ESE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	NE	E	ENE	ESE	S	S	SSW	S	NNE	N	NNE	SSW	SW	SSW	S	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)				6:35PM 0.67				6:45AM 0.54				7:20PM 0.66				7:33AM 0.59					8:01PM 0.64
Low Tide / height (m)		11:49AM 0.11				12:56AM 0.18				12:46PM 0.12				1:34AM 0.17				1:38PM 0.13					2:08AM 0.15

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	1	-	-	-	1	1	11	5	-	-	-
Temp. °C	29	29	29	27	26	26	25	26	29	29	30	27	26	25	25	26	30	29	29	27	25	25	24	26
Feels °C (?)	31	30	30	29	29	30	29	30	32	31	32	30	29	28	29	30	33	32	32	31	28	28	26	29

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Amber Coast

Wind Update Cross-off wind 5 km from La Bahia has become light (calm at Puerto Plata IN Airport). Waves should be turning clean at La Bahia. 1.4m 8s swell from the E with a 0.3m 8s swell from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 49 minutes ago La Bahia
Wind Update Recent cross-shore wind 15 km from La Puntilla (Puerto Plata) has fallen light (calm at Puerto Plata IN Airport). Waves should be turning clean at La Puntilla (Puerto Plata). 1.5m 8s swell from the E to make surfable waves.
1 hour 49 minutes ago La Puntilla (Puerto Plata)

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