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surfing in Dominican Republic
  Location: Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
Geographic coordinates: 19 00 N, 70 40 W
Coastline: 1,288 km
Climate: tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall
Terrain: rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed
Natural hazards: lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts
Currency: Dominican peso (DOP)

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  Surf Spot Photo GPS Quality Direction Type Frequency Level
1 Bahoruco 14  right and left rivermouth all surfers
2 Balata right and left reef-coral all surfers
3 Banzai right reef-coral experienced surfers
4 Cabarete right and left beach-break all surfers
5 Coco Pipe right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
6 Destroyer left reef-coral pros or kamikaze only...
7 East Cabarete Beach Break right and left sand-bar all surfers
8 El Arenaso right and left beach-break all surfers
9 El Broke 11  right and left sand-bar experienced surfers
10 El canal left reef-coral all surfers
11 El chinchorro 13  right and left beach-break experienced surfers
12 El Coson right and left beach-break all surfers
13 El Manda   right and left beach-break all surfers
14 Encuentro 43  right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
15 Firming's   right and left reef-rocky
16 Guibia right and left beach-break all surfers
17 La Boya 11  right reef-coral all surfers
18 La conde right and left reef-coral experienced surfers
19 La Preciosa left point-break experienced surfers
20 La Punta right and left beach-break experienced surfers
21 Macao 15  right and left beach-break all surfers
22 Nigua   experienced surfers
23 Palenquito   right and left reef-coral experienced surfers
24 Patho   right and left point-break all surfers
25 Patos 17  left point-break all surfers
26 Punta Rucia   right and left reef-coral experienced surfers
27 Shipwreck   right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
28 Sosua right and left reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...


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Dominican Republic at a glance
 
Location: Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
Geographic coordinates: 19° 0' N, 70° 39.9996' W
Coastline: 1,288 km km
Climate: tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall
Terrain: rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed
Elevation: lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m
Natural hazards: lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts
Currency: Dominican peso (DOP)
Population: 9,183,984 (July 2006 est.)
Languages: Spanish
Capital: Santo Domingo
Divisions: 31 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 district* (distrito); Azua, Baoruco, Barahona, Dajabon, Distrito Nacional*, Duarte, El Seibo, Elias Pina, Espaillat, Hato Mayor, Independencia, La Altagracia, La Romana, La Vega, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Monsenor Nouel, Monte Cristi, Monte Plata, Pedernales, Peravia, Puerto Plata, Salcedo, Samana, San Cristobal, San Jose de Ocoa, San Juan, San Pedro de Macoris, Sanchez Ramirez, Santiago, Santiago Rodriguez, Santo Domingo, Valverde

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2m-2.5m / 6ft-8ft
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Water temp. 26°C
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Air temp. 25°C
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comment by Roger Wilson, 2009-11-13 00:56:49

TP-ligan suger
Anyone know of surfshops near Cabarete or elsewhere on the norht coast? Donīt want to pay the shady prices for bringing my boards... Thanks

comment by Anonymous, 2009-11-07 16:32:23

Hostel in Puerto Plata
Hi. Me and 2 friends are going to Dominican in Jan and the first stop will be Puerto Plata. Does anyone know a nice cheap hostel? Also, how's the skateboard sceen in Puerto Plata, and chics ofcourse? Please if you have some info, send me an email on flipreal@yahoo.com.
Peace!

comment by Mateo M , 2009-10-25 21:25:00

Santiago de los Caballeros
I will be going to school in Santiago next semester and was wondering how far the city is from the coast, and what are the nearest surf spots?

Thanks for the advice,
Mateo

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Macao, Dominican Republic
By jonny b good, 2009-02-04 18:38:12

When i found out my girlfriend had booked to go to the south coast i was bumed that all th surf spots are on the north, we stayed at the riu bambu and was put in touch with a local surfer, robert (the guru) if you go, look out for him, he's
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Encuentro, Dominican Republic
By Jcesar, 2008-12-28 01:11:57
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Macao, Dominican Republic
By sg7, 2008-08-27 06:30:00
Has potential
Beautiful, RAW beach. Not much surfing this time of year, though.Fallen palm trees everywhere. At least they weren't floating around in the waves like I heard from before.If you're going to go, make sure you go with another person because if
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Patos, Dominican Republic
By Alvaro101, 2008-01-26 09:30:00
2nd Session
2nd Session. jejeje Got up finally, yeah...!  Be back again this weekend. Awesome.  Roads are getting fixed, it´s getting much easier to reach the beach. 
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Patos, Dominican Republic
By Alvaro101, 2008-01-06 10:00:00
1st Session Ever
First Trip Surfing Ever  I didn´t get up since i'm so out of shape. My arms got tired rather quickly.  Good Times though   I´ll be back next sunday to try at it again for sure.   &nb
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Trip: Encuentro, DR
By Jcesar, From 2008-10-20 to 2008-10-29
 Durante minha estadia no Haiti, compondo uma missão internacional de paz, tive a oportunidade de conhecer a República Dominicana, com suas praias famosas pelos resorts. Todavia, o que mais busquei nesse pais foi a possibili
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