Boca Barranca surf break

Boca Barranca surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 09 Mar 2026 CST
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Boca Barranca surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Boca Barranca sea temperature is
29.4° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Boca Barranca today?

The current surf forecast for Boca Barranca at 8AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (09 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (09 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s

Table - waves today at Boca Barranca. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515121213131321202020191818181817171716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)153209343139144289284284251311403399387585572565547640618596575452441435
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
W
10
S
5
SSE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
WSW
10
S
5
E
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
WNW
10
SW
15
S
10
S
5
ENE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:52AM
2.31
7:06PM
2.42
7:32AM
2.15
7:47PM
2.27
8:19AM
1.99
8:36PM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
0.42
12:53PM
0.58
1:26AM
0.56
1:32PM
0.72
2:12AM
0.71
2:18PM
0.87
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise-5:48-------5:48-------5:48------
Sunset----5:49-------5:49-------5:49---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252430333229272525243033322927252524303232282625
Feels °C (?)262531343332292626253134343329262625323233312927
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