La Preciosa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 19.67° N 70.06° W

Issued: 1 pm 24 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's La Preciosa sea temperature is

29.8°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at La Preciosa today (24 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 13s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 13s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for La Preciosa at 8PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 24). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s
Afternoon (24 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	13s
Evening (24 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Fri night. Warm (max 31°C on Fri afternoon, min 25°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 24					Friday 25								Saturday 26
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NNE 13	NNE 13	E 5	NE 8	NE 7	N 14	N 13	N 12	N 12	N 11	N 14	N 14	N 13	N 13	N 12	N 12	N 11	NNW 15
Wave Graph
kJ	45	44	44	33	16	16	14	14	60	123	148	181	196	131	178	281	273	244	174	112	72
Wind (km/h)	ESE	E	E	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SE	E	E	ESE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	ESE	E	E	ESE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off
High Tide				7:12PM0.61m				7:30AM0.59m				7:50PM0.60m					8:13AM0.64m				8:28PM0.58m
Low Tide		12:49PM0.15m				1:25AM0.17m				1:39PM0.14m				1:57AM0.14m					2:28PM0.14m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:32	—	—
mm	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—
Temp °C	29	30	30	30	26	25	25	26	30	31	30	29	27	26	25	26	30	31	29	29	27
Feels °C	30	30	31	32	28	27	27	29	31	31	31	31	30	29	27	30	33	32	31	31	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NNE 13	NNE 13	E 5	E 5	ESE 4	N 14	N 13	N 12	N 12	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 13	N 13	N 12	N 12	N 11	N 11
kJ	45	44	44	33	16	16	11	7	60	123	148	181	196	110	106	281	273	244	174	112	64
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 11	ENE 9	N 14	N 14	ENE 9	ESE 4	NE 9	NE 10	N 14	N 10
kJ	16	13	6	6	6	9	14	14	14	14	13	5	9	131	178	15	7	19	26	58	50
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 12	N 9	NE 10	ENE 10	NE 7	NE 9	NE 11	NE 9	NE 12	N 14	ENE 11	NNW 15
kJ	6	6	5	5	5	15	14	14	14	14	6	4	9	8	21	5	20	6	37	11	72
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 4	E 4	E 4	ESE 5	ESE 5	SSE 3	S 3	S 3	ESE 4	E 4	E 4	E 5	E 5	ESE 5	ESE 4	SE 4	SE 3	ESE 4	E 3	E 4	E 4
kJ	5	9	27	35	31	3	2	1	7	12	28	42	37	19	13	9	4	7	5	10	18
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Boca de Yasica Amber Coast	Punta Higuero Puerto Rico	Punta Higuero Puerto Rico	Boca de Yasica Amber Coast	Boca de Yasica Amber Coast	Cabarete Amber Coast	El Broke North East Coast	El Broke North East Coast	La Preciosa Amber Coast	Grace Bay Cut (Providenciales) Turks and Caicos Islands	Fort George Cut (Pine Cay) Turks and Caicos Islands	La Punta Amber Coast	La Preciosa Amber Coast	La Preciosa Amber Coast	Playa Grande Amber Coast	La Preciosa Amber Coast	La Preciosa Amber Coast	Grace Bay Cut (Providenciales) Turks and Caicos Islands	Grace Bay Cut (Providenciales) Turks and Caicos Islands	La Preciosa Amber Coast	La Preciosa Amber Coast
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	18	329	329	18	18	35	36	36	0	325	325	3	0	0	2	0	0	325	325	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Amber Coast	La Bahia			La Puntilla (Puerto Plata)	La Puntilla (Puerto Plata)	Yellow Rock Reef			La Preciosa			La Puntilla (Puerto Plata)	La Puntilla (Puerto Plata)	La Puntilla (Puerto Plata)	La Puntilla (Puerto Plata)	La Puntilla (Puerto Plata)	La Preciosa			La Puntilla (Puerto Plata)	La Puntilla (Puerto Plata)
Rating (10 max)	1			1	1	1			1			2	2	2	2	2	2			2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in Dominican Republic	La Bahia Amber Coast			Coco Nuts (Arena Blanca Reef) North East Coast	Punta Paraiso North East Coast	Punta Paraiso North East Coast	Punta Paraiso North East Coast	Punta Paraiso North East Coast	La Preciosa Amber Coast			La Puntilla (Puerto Plata) Amber Coast	Coco Nuts (Arena Blanca Reef) North East Coast	Coco Nuts (Arena Blanca Reef) North East Coast	Coco Nuts (Arena Blanca Reef) North East Coast	Coco Nuts (Arena Blanca Reef) North East Coast	La Preciosa Amber Coast			La Puntilla (Puerto Plata) Amber Coast	La Puntilla (Puerto Plata) Amber Coast
Rating (10 max)	1			1	1	1	1	1	1			2	2	2	2	2	2			2	2
Header Global	Barra de Guaratiba Brazil	Pascuales Mexico	Dunmoran Strand Ireland	Barra de Guaratiba Brazil	Barra de Guaratiba Brazil	Anse de Cabestan France	Anse de Cabestan France	Grindavik Antenas Iceland	Ahijedero Mexico	Antiques Maldives	Antiques Maldives	Antiques Maldives	Antiques Maldives	Alnes Lighthouse Norway	Benkunqut Indonesia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia
Rating (10 max)	4	9	6	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	9	9	9	8	5	5

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