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Playa Negra, Costa Rica Detailed Weather / Surf Forecast

Issued (local time): 11 am Tuesday 09 Feb 2010
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) -
- 		-
- 		0.1
SW 		-
- 		0.5
W 		0.3
WNW 		0.5
NW 		0.4
NW 		0.3
WNW 		0.3
WNW 		0.4
WNW 		1.0
N 		-
- 		0.4
WNW 		0.4
WNW 		0.4
NW 		0.5
WNW 		0.5
WNW
Period (s) (?) - - 5 - 3 12 3 12 12 12 14 4 - 13 13 13 14 14
Wave
Graph
(?)
Max-energy 0 0 1 0 4 28 5 35 27 28 77 31 0 70 70 43 116 118
Wind
(km/h) 		windENE10metric.gif windNNW0metric.gif windWNW10metric.gif windWNW15metric.gif windNW10metric.gif windN10metric.gif windNE10metric.gif windNE15metric.gif windNE15metric.gif windNNE15metric.gif windNNE20metric.gif windNE25metric.gif windNE30metric.gif windNE25metric.gif windNE20metric.gif windNE20metric.gif windNE25metric.gif windNE20metric.gif
Wind State (?) cross-
off		 glass on on cross-
on		 cross cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross cross cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off
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Advanced Surf Forecast
Swell1 (m) & direction -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		1.0
N 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
-
Period (s) - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - -
Swell2 (m) & direction -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		0.3
WNW 		-
- 		0.4
NW 		0.3
WNW 		0.3
WNW 		0.4
WNW 		-
- 		-
- 		0.4
WNW 		0.4
WNW 		0.4
NW 		0.5
WNW 		0.5
WNW
Period (s) - - - - - 12 - 12 12 12 14 - - 13 13 13 14 14
Wind waves (m) & direction -
- 		-
- 		0.1
SW 		-
- 		0.5
W 		0.3
WNW 		0.5
NW 		0.4
NNW 		-
- 		0.5
N 		0.7
N 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
-
Period (s) - - 5 - 3 3 3 3 - 3 4 - - - - - - -
Wave
Graph
(?)
Tide State (?) flow high ebb low flow high ebb ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb low flow
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:38AM
2.05


11:57PM
2.24



12:42PM
2.11


12:55AM
2.28


Low Tide
/ height (m)


5:36PM
0.70



6:24AM
0.49


6:42PM
0.66


7:18AM
0.41
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Note: the tide data above is for Puntarenas, Costa Rica which is 111 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Playa Negra. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.
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Today's sea temperature is 29.2 °C (Statistics for 09 Feb 1981-2005 - mean: 26.7 max: 28.8 min: 24.6 °C)
  daypartcloud dayclear dayclear daypartcloud nightrainshowers nightrainshowers nightpartcloud nightpartcloud dayclear dayclear dayclear dayclear nightclear nightclear nightclear nightclear dayclear dayclear
Summary some clouds clear clear some clouds rain shwrs rain shwrs some clouds some clouds clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear
Rain (mm) - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Temp. °C 27 30 30 29 29 28 27 26 28 31 32 31 27 26 25 25 27 30
Chill °C (?) 27 30 30 29 29 28 27 26 28 31 32 31 27 26 25 25 27 30
Sunrise 6:03 - - - - - - - 6:03 - - - - - - - 6:03 -
Sunset - - 17:50 - - - - - - - 17:50 - - - - - - -
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Playa Negra blow from the E
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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