Costa: Playas de Puerto Rico

Lamonte LLC

About this app

How's the beach today?

Costa gives you an answer, not a bunch of numbers and maps.

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.

Ratings and reviews

Tremenda aplicación muy buena y útil para cuando vayas a la playa saber de ante manos en que condiciones se encuentra. La aplicación se ve muy bien con muy buena información y fácil de usar.

Se ve nítido y la info excelente!

execelente aplicación, muy bien diseñada

What’s new

What's new in Costa 2.4
• New: report how the water looks, right from the beach.
• Better water reads: recent rain, swollen rivers, satellite clarity and up-to-date DRNA notices.
• Live wind readings, now with gusts.
• Saharan dust observed by satellite.
• New beaches: Isla de Cabras and Playa del Capitolio.
• A snappier app with more motion, and a smoother map.