Costa Rica Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Costa Rica wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the Costa Rica region.

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	Mon		Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland
Rating	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	1.2 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	0.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE
Period(s)	5	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy	49	170	40	19	179	85	73	198	74	234	135	72	146	91	58	95	123	29	42	110	31	19
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	4:09PM 0.24		3:11AM 0.24	5:00PM 0.26		3:56AM 0.24	5:50PM 0.27		4:46AM 0.24		6:40PM 0.27	5:39AM 0.25		7:32PM 0.27	6:34AM 0.25		8:24PM 0.26	7:32AM 0.26		9:17PM 0.25	8:33AM 0.26
Low Tide / height (m)		9:32PM 0.16	9:52AM 0.07		10:28PM 0.15	10:41AM 0.04		11:23PM 0.15	11:35AM 0.01		12:16AM 0.14		12:31PM -0.01	1:09AM 0.13		1:31PM -0.02	2:03AM 0.12		2:31PM -0.02	2:59AM 0.11		3:33PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	2	1	-	4	5	-	2	-	-	1	3	-	4	1	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	28	27	32	31	26	32	28	26	32	30	27	33	31	27	33	30	26	31	28	25	30	31
Low °C	28	25	31	28	25	31	27	24	30	29	25	30	28	25	31	28	25	29	27	24	26	28
Chill °C (?)	28	27	32	31	26	32	28	26	32	30	27	33	31	27	33	30	26	31	28	25	30	31
Sunrise	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-
Sunset	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.2 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	1.2 NE	0.9 NE	0.1 N	1.2 NE	0.8 ENE	0.2 N	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.2 N	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.6 NE	0.2 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	7	7	6	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	7	6	7	6	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 N	0.2 N	-	0.3 N	0.2 N	-	0.4 N	-	-	0.3 N	0.1 N	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	-	7	6	-	7	-	-	7	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	1.5 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	0.5 NE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	7	3	4	7	-	6	5	6	-	6	6	-	6

	Monday 08			Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE
Period(s)	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	8	8	8	8
Energy	49	170	250	170	104	60	40	26	19	30	94	179	150	112	85	56	73	163	270	198	132	96
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:09PM 0.24				3:11AM 0.24				5:00PM 0.26				3:56AM 0.24				5:50PM 0.27				4:46AM 0.24
Low Tide / height (m)				9:32PM 0.16				9:52AM 0.07				10:28PM 0.15				10:41AM 0.04				11:23PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	1	2	1
Temp. °C	28	28	27	26	25	25	31	32	31	28	26	25	25	25	31	32	28	27	26	25	24	24
Chill °C (?)	28	28	27	26	25	25	31	32	31	28	26	25	25	25	31	32	28	27	26	25	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 N	1.2 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	0.9 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.1 N	-	1.5 ENE	1.2 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	-	-	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	-	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	7	6	7	-	-	9	7	7	8	7	6	-	-	-	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	-

	Monday 08	Tuesday 09
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE
Period(s)	7	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy	35	84	49	49	170	170	180	198	250	250	413	170	134	107	104	79	76	60	58	39	40	39
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)					4:09PM 0.24											3:11AM 0.24
Low Tide / height (m)										9:32PM 0.16												9:52AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	32	29	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	28	30	31	32
Chill °C (?)	32	29	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	28	30	31	32
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Alabama	Guadeloupe	Puerto Rico
Anguilla	Haiti	Rhode-Island
Barbados	Jamaica	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Bermuda	Martinique	Saint Lucia
British Virgin Islands	Maryland	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Massachusetts	The Bahamas
Delaware	Montserrat	Turks and Caicos Islands
Dominican Republic	New-Jersey	US Virgin Islands
Florida	New-York	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina
Grenada	Pennsylvania

California	Mexico	Oregon
Louisiana	Minnesota	Texas

Aruba	Ecuador	Peru
Brazil	French Guiana	Trinidad and Tobago
Colombia	Netherlands Antilles	Venezuela

Belize	Guatemala Pacific Coast	Nicaragua
Bocas del Toro	Guerrero	Oaxaca
Cayman Islands Grand Cayman	Gulf of Panama	Panama
Colima	Haiti South Coast	Panama Veraguas
Colon	Honduras Mainland	Rivas Province
El Salvador Costa del Balsamo	Jalisco	Sinaloa
Eleuthera Bahamas	Jamaica	South Florida
Golfo Dulce	Leon Province	Texas
Golfo de Nicoya	Limon	Tola Province
Great Abaco Bahamas	Michoacan	Veraguas
Guanacaste	Nayarit

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