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Ollie´s Point 82.6

#752 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇨🇷 Costa Rica · Guanacaste · near La Cruz

Very consistent, clean mornings are the norm, no off season.

Works all yearWarm waterBeginner friendlyBeginner
Surf score82.6 /100
Surfable days86% of the year
Clean days59% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell59% period 11 s+
Typical size0.9 m 3.1 ft median
Water28°C boardshorts

Best time to surf Ollie´s Point

The best time to surf Ollie´s Point is May, June, September. The season runs Apr to Nov. In May the water sits around 29°C, so pack boardshorts, and the typical wave is 1.1 m. The nearest airport is MGA (149 km) and the nearest town is La Cruz (31 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan59%11%0.6 m27°Cboardies
Feb68%17%0.6 m25°Cboardies
Mar80%25%0.7 m27°Cboardies
Apr97%80%0.9 m28°Cboardies
May98%88%1.1 m29°Cboardies
Jun100%88%1.1 m29°Cboardies
Jul98%74%1.1 m29°Cboardies
Aug99%75%1.1 m29°Cboardies
Sep100%87%1.1 m28°Cboardies
Oct100%84%1.0 m28°Cboardies
Nov85%61%0.9 m27°Cboardies
Dec50%13%0.6 m27°Cboardies

What is under Ollie´s Point

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 41 m.

Depth 8 km out41 m
Depth 4 km out32 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 82.6

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
23.7
Best days 22.4%
6.2
Clean days 18.4%
18.4
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
6.1
Access 4.1%
2.8

The detail

Faces 225° with 28% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 100% of days. Mean peak period 12.0 s. Days over 3 m: 0%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.2 m, with a peak period of 15 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 86%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 10.852, -85.803 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,330/ month
typically €1,170 – €1,490
Rent, one bedroom€695
Groceries€280
Eating out€160
Getting around€95
Phone + internet€100
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€2,590/ month
typically €2,280 – €2,900
Somewhere to stay€1,520
Eating out€545
Car, transfers, fuel€350
Data + extras€165
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Costa Rica (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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