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Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 24 Jan 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
28.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Chacarita today?

The current surf forecast for Chacarita at 4PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (24 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (24 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)121215151514141313131313131316151515121414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10810812310910920620317117112589898787126119112110106276207173126125
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
SW
15
S
5
SSE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
WNW
10
SW
15
S
10
SSE
5
E
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
10
WSW
20
S
10
SSE
5
E
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffoffoffcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		glassoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:38AM
2.46
7:05PM
2.67
7:23AM
2.37
7:50PM
2.62
8:14AM
2.26
8:42PM
2.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:45PM
0.35
1:21AM
0.45
1:28PM
0.43
2:12AM
0.49
2:18PM
0.53
3:11AM
0.54
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise6:01-------6:01-------6:01-------
Sunset--5:39-------5:40-------5:40-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C283130272624232227302926252423232731292726242323
Feels °C (?)303231313026242329312928282624242832292930262525
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