Salsa Brava surf break

Salsa Brava surfForecast / Limon / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 22 Aug 2025 EST
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Salsa Brava surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Salsa Brava sea temperature is
29.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Salsa Brava today?

The current surf forecast for Salsa Brava at 2PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (22 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (22 Aug)5ft (1.6m)8s

Table - waves today at Salsa Brava. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
Period(s) (?)888888888888888888888877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1651951832793723633012742302302382321961861691431471471471091021129189
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
W
10
W
10
W
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:37PM
0.22
12:29AM
0.42
2:16PM
0.27
1:31AM
0.40
2:52PM
0.31
2:31AM
0.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:39AM
0.09
4:19PM
0.21
8:26AM
0.12
6:02PM
0.23
9:04AM
0.14
8:29PM
0.22
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Sunrise-------6:22-------6:22-------6:22
Sunset--6:45-------6:44-------6:44-----
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
--226512111211---------4
Temp. °C282928272625252527282827262525252628272726262524
Feels °C (?)303030302928282830303131302828282931303029292827
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Limon

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent clean conditions at Salsa Brava have likely become affected by the arrival of onshore winds (light winds from the N at Linea de Base wx 34 km from Salsa Brava). 1.0m 8s swell from the NE with a 0.3m 3s local chop from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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34 km away, 1 h 10 min ago

16 km/h
N
0.0
29.4
Air / Water (°C)
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