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Playa Grande Surf Forecast
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Playa Grande surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 31 Jul 2025 CST
How big are the waves at Playa Grande today?
The current surf forecast for Playa Grande at 10AM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 31). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (31 Jul) | 2ft (0.6m) | 18s |
| Afternoon (31 Jul) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 18s |
| Evening (31 Jul) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 17s |
Table - waves today at Playa Grande. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 31 | Friday 01 | Saturday 02 | Sun 03 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 150 | 246 | 253 | 258 | 304 | 0 | 145 | 257 | 310 | 589 | 468 | 361 | 361 | 541 | 775 | 674 | 613 | 532 | 585 | 773 | 834 | 814 | 675 | 479 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | cross- on | cross- on | glass | off | off | off | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- off | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:02AM 2.26 | 7:19PM 1.99 | 7:43AM 2.16 | 8:06PM 1.86 | 8:29AM 2.06 | 8:59PM 1.75 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:43AM 0.44 | 1:19PM 0.55 | 1:23AM 0.57 | 2:06PM 0.63 | 2:07AM 0.68 | 2:58PM 0.70 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 31 | Friday 01 | Saturday 02 | Sun 03 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 5:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 6:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:06 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 26 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 25 |
| Feels °C (?) | 30 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 28 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Guanacaste
Continuing clean conditions at Playa Grande (light winds from the SSE at Liberia/Tomas Guardia Airport 44 km from Playa Grande). 0.4m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 5s windswell from the NNE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
44 km away, 1 h 49 min ago
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