Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 CST
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Chacarita surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Chacarita sea temperature is
30.0° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Chacarita today?

The current surf forecast for Chacarita at 3PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
2
2
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)131312151514141313131313131312121212121212151211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)215209148150150333311356350345340276268259193187184184180139137155134127
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NNW
15
S
5
ESE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
15
S
5
ESE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
5
NW
10
WSW
20
S
10
SSE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
onglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:52PM
2.98
5:18AM
2.71
5:34PM
2.95
6:02AM
2.64
6:20PM
2.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:38AM
0.13
11:10PM
0.03
11:20AM
0.15
11:53PM
0.06
12:04PM
0.22
12:41AM
0.16
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise5:41------5:41-------5:41-------5:41
Sunset--5:49-------5:49-------5:49-----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C303332282625242430333128252424232933322826242424
Feels °C (?)293432312626242530343231262425232932312928242425
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