Encuentro Beach, Dominican Republic
Sosúa, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Today at a glance
Best: 7 am to 9 am, sunset 6:12 pm8.0
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
8.2
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
7.0
12 km/h7 mph wind, Great
6.2
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
6.2
15 km/h9 mph wind, Good
5.6
16 km/h10 mph wind, Good
5.0
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
4.4
13 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
3.0
13 km/h8 mph wind, Poor
4.0
9 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
3.9
6 km/h4 mph wind, Poor
4.0
4 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 7 am to 9 am. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 26°C79°F
- Water
- 30°C86°F
- Wind
- 85 km/hmph SE
- Gusts
- 138 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.7 m6 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 2%
- Sunset
- 6:12 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 5 am, 0.7 m2 ft
- Low 12 pm, 0.3 m<1 ft
- High 6 pm, 0.7 m2 ft
- Low 12 am, 0.2 m<1 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
About Encuentro Beach, Dominican Republic
Encuentro Beach is a beach in the Dominican Republic, located in Puerto Plata. It has an area of 22,420 square meters and is 1.139 kilometers long. OpenStreetMap lists a nearby town called Cabarete, located 4.964 kilometers away, and a nearby airport named Aeropuerto Internacional General Gregorio Luperón, located 13 kilometers away.
Encuentro Beach is an isolated stretch of beach in the Puerto Plata province of the Dominican Republic. Located between the more heavily populated cities of Sosúa and Cabarete this popular surfing beach is accessible to the public via dirt roads.
Encuentro Beach consists of five distinctive breaks:
Source: Encuentro Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Parking1 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 200 m650 ft. Fee not listed
- Food and drink2 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 450 m0.3 mi
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 5 km3.1 miCabarete (town)
- Nearest airport
- 13 km8 miAeropuerto Internacional General Gregorio Luperón (POP)
Nearby places
- Coconuts RestaurantFood and drink450 m0.3 mi
- Surf Blue CaféFood and drink650 m0.4 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Cabarete Beach3.5 km2.2 mi south-east away8.1 Great later
- Cabarete Beach Houses4.2 km2.6 mi south-east away8.1 Great later
- Playa Ocean Club7.4 km4.6 mi west away8.1 Great later
- Playa Marina7.5 km4.7 mi west away8.1 Great later
- Playa Alicia7.7 km4.8 mi west away8.1 Great later
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat8.1 GreatBest 8 am to 10 amWind up to 22 km/h14 mph, rain 61%
- Sun6.9 GoodBest 7 am to 11 amWind up to 22 km/h13 mph, rain 55%
- Mon6.2 GoodBest 7 am to 2 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 59%
- Tue7.0 GreatBest 7 am to 12 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 75%
- Wed7.4 GreatBest 7 am to 12 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 69%
- Thu7.6 GreatBest 7 am to 9 amWind up to 7 km/h4 mph, rain 57%