Costa: Playas de Puerto Rico

How's the beach today?

Costa gives you an answer, not a spreadsheet.

One number from 1 to 100 — the Costa Score — sums up conditions at 110 beaches across Puerto Rico, in 36 municipalities and all six coasts. Underneath it sits everything that built it: currents, surf, wind, water quality, clarity, sargassum, Saharan dust, UV, water temperature, tide and weather.

HOW IT WORKS

Costa doesn't generate its own data. It reads 17 official sources — the National Weather Service, NOAA, CARICOOS, Puerto Rico's Environmental Quality Board, the San Juan Bay Estuary Program, USF and NOAA CoastWatch satellites, Copernicus CAMS — and turns them into something you can read at a glance. Readings are recalculated every 15 minutes.

WHAT YOU GET

• A clear verdict on whether it's OK to get in, and why

• Rip current advisories, bacteria levels and sargassum, stated plainly

• 17 public balnearios and 24 kid-friendly beaches, marked

• Filters: best right now, favorites, no sargassum, balnearios, surf

• Map, photos and directions

• English and Spanish

HONEST BY DEFAULT

When we don't know something, we say so. If no water sample is taken near a beach, Costa won't show a reassuring green — it says there's no reading. A forecast is never dressed up as an observation. Every reading shows its source and when it was taken.

Costa is free, has no ads, and never asks you to create an account.

Made in Puerto Rico.

Costa is a guidance tool, not a lifeguard service. The ocean changes by the minute. Always follow the flags, the lifeguards, and your own judgment.