Salsa Brava surf forecast
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca · Limon · Costa Rica
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A heavy right-hand reef on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, fed by northeast swells. It has a shallow, sharp reef and attracts a strong local crowd.
- Break
- reef break, rights; faces N
- Level
- advanced
- Best swell
- NNE, NE, ENE
- Best wind
- SSE, S, SSW (offshore)
- Best tide
- all tides
- Season
- Winter northeast swells, strongest in spring
- Typical size
- 1.5-3.5 m
- Crowd
- high
- Hazards
- sharp shallow reef; rips
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