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Salsa Brava, Costa Rica Detailed Weather / Surf Forecast

Issued (local time): 11 am Monday 08 Feb 2010
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.0
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.8
ENE 		0.8
ENE 		0.8
ENE 		0.8
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		1.0
ENE 		0.7
ENE 		0.7
ENE 		0.8
ENE 		1.0
ENE
Period (s) (?) 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 7
Wave
Graph
(?)
Max-energy 104 84 81 77 73 70 56 50 48 50 62 62 60 80 47 51 67 93
Wind
(km/h) 		windW5metric.gif windN0metric.gif windNNW0metric.gif windWSW5metric.gif windSW5metric.gif windSW5metric.gif windWSW5metric.gif windWSW5metric.gif windS5metric.gif windNE5metric.gif windNNE5metric.gif windNNW5metric.gif windNW5metric.gif windWNW5metric.gif windWSW10metric.gif windWSW10metric.gif windWSW5metric.gif windN5metric.gif
Wind State (?) glass glass glass glass glass glass cross-
off		 cross-
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on		 cross-
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Advanced Surf Forecast
Swell1 (m) & direction 1.0
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.8
ENE 		0.8
ENE 		0.8
ENE 		0.8
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.8
ENE 		0.7
ENE 		0.7
ENE 		0.8
ENE 		1.0
ENE
Period (s) 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 7
Swell2 (m) & direction -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		0.1
N 		0.1
N 		0.1
N 		-
- 		0.1
N 		0.1
N 		0.3
NNE 		0.3
NNE 		0.3
NNE 		0.2
N
Period (s) - - - - - - - - 8 8 8 - 5 5 5 5 4 5
Wind waves (m) & direction -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		0.5
NE 		1.0
ENE 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
-
Period (s) - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 6 - - - -
Wave
Graph
(?)
Tide State (?) high ebb ebb low flow ebb low flow high ebb ebb low flow high ebb ebb flow high
High Tide
/ height (m) 		7:53AM
0.37


8:53PM
0.04


8:35AM
0.36



9:50PM
0.03


9:16AM
0.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)


3:45PM
-0.07

12:52AM
-0.01



4:40PM
-0.06

1:17AM
0.00


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Note: the tide data above is for Limon, Costa Rica which is 49 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Salsa Brava. 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 29.1 °C (Statistics for 08 Feb 1981-2005 - mean: 28.4 max: 29.5 min: 27.9 °C)
  dayclear daypartcloud daypartcloud daypartcloud nightpartcloud nightpartcloud nightpartcloud nightpartcloud dayclear dayclear daypartcloud daypartcloud nightclear nightrainshowers nightrainshowers nightpartcloud daypartcloud dayclear
Summary clear some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds clear clear some clouds some clouds clear rain shwrs rain shwrs some clouds some clouds clear
Rain (mm) - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - -
Temp. °C 27 28 27 26 25 25 25 25 28 30 29 27 26 25 24 24 28 30
Chill °C (?) 27 28 27 26 25 25 25 25 28 30 29 27 26 25 24 24 28 30
Sunrise 5:52 - - - - - - 5:50 - - - - - - - 5:50 - -
Sunset - - 17:37 - - - - - - - 17:37 - - - - - - -
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Salsa Brava blow from the S
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Nearest Offshore or Glassy Salsabrava Salsabrava Salsabrava Salsabrava Salsabrava Salsabrava Salsabrava Cocles Cocles Cocles Salsabrava Salsabrava Barcoquebrado Playanegra_1 Cocles Salsabrava Salsabrava Salsabrava
Distance 0 km 0 km 0 km 0 km 0 km 0 km 0 km 1 km 1 km 1 km 0 km 0 km 37 km 17 km 1 km 0 km 0 km 0 km
 
Best in Region Salsabrava Cocles Cocles Cocles Cocles Playanegra_1 Playanegra_1 Cocles Cocles Cocles Salsabrava Salsabrava Barcoquebrado Playanegra_1 Cocles Salsabrava Cocles Cocles
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Best in Country Salsabrava Cocles Cocles Cocles Cocles Dominacalito Dominacalito Dominacalito Dominacalito Zancudo Backwash_1 Backwash_1 Backwash_1 Dominacalito Cocles Dominacalito Dominacalito Cocles
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