Playa Hermosa Surf Forecast

/ Golfo de Nicoya (40 surf breaks) /

Costa Rica (96 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (9.57° N 84.61° W)

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Playa Hermosa surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 19 Oct 2025 CST

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Playa Hermosa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Playa Hermosa sea temperature is 28.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa Hermosa today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Hermosa at 8AM is: 1.0m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	14s
Afternoon (19 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	14s
Evening (19 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	14s

Table - waves today at Playa Hermosa. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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	Sunday 19							Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wed 22
	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
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	16	16	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	12	14	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	592	576	400	400	394	431	303	290	282	207	236	242	198	195	149	147	231	203	171	115	164	127	125	130
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NE	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	NW	NNW	NW	W	WSW	WSW	SSW	SE	E	SE	ESE	SE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:08AM 2.49				1:32PM 2.37				1:47AM 2.58				2:12PM 2.43				2:23AM 2.64				2:49PM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)			7:24AM 0.51				7:35PM 0.53				8:04AM 0.40				8:13PM 0.48				8:41AM 0.31				8:48PM 0.45

	Sunday 19							Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wed 22
Sunrise	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	5	8	7	2	-	-	-	2	8	36	34	5	1	1	2	4	3	2	1
Temp. °C	25	25	26	27	27	26	25	24	25	25	26	27	27	27	24	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	26	25
Feels °C (?)	29	29	30	30	29	28	28	27	29	28	29	30	29	30	29	27	28	27	28	28	29	29	29	27

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Golfo de Nicoya

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Playa Hermosa (light winds from the ENE at Juan Santamaria Airport 64 km from Playa Hermosa). 0.9m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.6m 6s windswell from the S and a 0.5m 11s groundswell from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 20 minutes ago Playa Hermosa

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