La Preciosa Surf Forecast

/ Amber Coast (21 surf breaks) /

Dominican Republic (53 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

La Preciosa surfForecast / Amber Coast / Dominican Republic

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

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

Today's La Preciosa sea temperature is 30.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at La Preciosa today?

The current surf forecast for La Preciosa at 3PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North-northeast 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)	5ft (1.5m)	8s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s
Evening (18 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s

Table - waves today at La Preciosa. (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	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	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	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	301	264	264	264	264	229	229	192	159	159	153	127	127	101	186	186	411	425	449	556	556	475	457	388
Wind (km/h)	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SSE	E	E	ESE	ESE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	E	ENE	SE	SSW	S	S	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				6:35PM 0.66				6:44AM 0.53				7:21PM 0.64				7:33AM 0.57					8:01PM 0.62
Low Tide / height (m)		11:48AM 0.10				12:56AM 0.18				12:45PM 0.11				1:34AM 0.17				1:37PM 0.12					2:08AM 0.15

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	4	4	3	1	-	-
Temp. °C	28	29	28	27	27	26	26	26	29	28	29	28	26	26	25	26	30	30	29	29	26	26	25	25
Feels °C (?)	30	30	29	29	30	29	30	30	32	29	30	30	28	29	28	29	32	31	32	32	30	30	28	27

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Amber Coast

Wind Update Cross-off wind 54 km from La Preciosa has swung offshore (moderate winds from the ESE at Puerto Plata IN Airport). 0.9m 8s swell from the ENE with a 0.3m 10s swell from the NNE and a 0.2m 9s swell from the N. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 45 minutes ago La Preciosa
Wind Update light winds from the ESE at Mao mean that it is cross-off at La Puntilla (Puerto Plata). 1.4m 8s swell from the E with a 0.3m 10s swell from the NNE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 22 minutes ago La Puntilla (Puerto Plata)

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