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Playa Hermosa Surf Forecast
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Playa Hermosa surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 21 Aug 2025 CST
How big are the waves at Playa Hermosa today?
The current surf forecast for Playa Hermosa at 8PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (21 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 15s |
| Evening (21 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Playa Hermosa. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Saturday 23 | Sunday 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 441 | 478 | 595 | 525 | 517 | 741 | 685 | 667 | 899 | 619 | 702 | 687 | 645 | 571 | 483 | 513 | 572 | 563 | 584 | 584 | 569 | 606 | 600 | 360 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross | on | on | cross- on | cross- off | off | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:15PM 2.50 | 1:54AM 2.44 | 2:08PM 2.59 | 2:41AM 2.58 | 2:54PM 2.65 | 3:23AM 2.69 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:38PM 0.36 | 7:58AM 0.50 | 8:26PM 0.27 | 8:46AM 0.40 | 9:08PM 0.21 | 9:30AM 0.33 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Saturday 23 | Sunday 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 5:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:28 | - | - |
| Sunset | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | - |
| Temp. °C | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 |
| Feels °C (?) | 31 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 30 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Golfo de Nicoya
Continuing clean conditions at Playa Hermosa (light winds from the WSW at Juan Santamaria Airport 64 km from Playa Hermosa). 1.0m 8s swell from the S with a 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.4m 16s long period groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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