Ollie's Point • Surf Spot Statistics

Best Surf Season (April - October)

Ollie's Point really comes alive during the green season, when the northward-shifting ITCZ weakens the Northeast trade winds and the Southern Hemisphere starts firing long-period groundswell toward Central America. Average swell periods climb from sub-9 seconds in winter to a solid 12-14 seconds, and the directional spectrum swings strongly into the SSW and SW quadrants - the sweet spot for this SSW-facing point. With ideal offshore wind windows running from 50 percent in April to 66 percent in July, these months deliver some of the most consistent, rippable waves of the year. Wave heights hover in the fun 3-5ft (0.9-1.5m) zone, with occasional 5-6.5ft (1.5-2m) pulses when distant Southern Ocean lows line up.

Fair Surf Season (March and November)

March marks the first meaningful crossover toward quality. You still have plenty of ENE trade windswell, but long-period SSW and SW pulses begin to appear, and the wind is ideal 35 percent of the time - a big step up from midwinter. November is the mirror image: the southern hemi swell season is winding down, the NE trades are rebuilding, and period drops back to around 11.5s, yet there are still enough S/SSW/SW lines and lighter wind windows to make it worth a session.

Low Surf Season (December - February)

The dry-season months of December, January, and February are the most challenging for Ollie's Point. The Papagayo wind jet cranks, with NE winds blowing 20-40kph the majority of the time, and the swell rose is dominated by ENE/NE windswell with average periods of only 8-9 seconds. That combination is generally too short, too bumpy, and from the wrong direction for this SSW-facing break. Waves can reach 4-6ft (1.2-1.8m) in the raw energy spectrum, but the quality is often poor - choppy, messy and cross-onshore. That said, if an infrequent S/SW swell sneaks through under light winds, Ollie's can still fire, but those windows are rare.