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Ollie´s Point, Costa Rica

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: San Juan del Sur, 45 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: LIR (LIR), 40 km.

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About Ollie´s Point

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SW (225°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (45°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–12 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 300 m out (1 in 30). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 26°C in February, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in May, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually May, June, August and September, with about 6 good days in 7; in January and February, about 3. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: San Juan del Sur, 45 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: LIR (LIR), 40 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 29°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 10 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to LIR, direct.

    See flights ORD → LIR · Skyscanner from about £250 returnAd
  2. Getting there. 1 h 35 from the airport to Ollie´s Point.

  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this site yet: San Juan del Sur, 45 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: LIR (LIR), 40 km.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Forecast

The score for experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Ollie´s Point, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct37, fair5 ft11 scrumbling485kJwind from the north-north-west, 4 knots30°C
Tue 20Oct30, too small4 ft11 scrumbling316kJwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, offshore28°C
Wed 21Oct31, too small4 ft11 scrumbling308kJwind from the north-north-east, 5 knots, offshore31°C
Thu 22Oct30, too small4 ft11 scrumbling333kJwind from the south-west, 2 knots29°C
Fri 23Oct27, too small4 ft11 scrumbling298kJwind from the north-north-east, 2 knots, offshore30°C
Sat 24Oct21, too small3 ft11 scrumbling180kJwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, offshore31°C
Sun 25Oct16, too small2 ft10 shollow89kJwind from the north-east, 3 knots, offshore31°C
Mon 26Oct14, too small2 ft9 scrumbling68kJwind from the north-north-east, 4 knots, offshore32°C
Tue 27Oct11, too small2 ft8 smushy46kJwind from the south-east, 2 knots31°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from today, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Direct flight ORD to LIR, then 1h 35 by road. About 10h 30 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to LIR, then 1h 35 by road. About 10h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £585–£1,125 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to LIR, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bag£250–£520
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£70–£120
Food7 days eating out£160–£300
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£70–£120
Total£585–£1,125

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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