Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 08 Apr 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
29.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Chacarita today?

The current surf forecast for Chacarita at 9AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 21s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313121212121218181818171816161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)222222222232215206196193151151153178209207204200204234234232229226223223
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
5
WSW
15
S
10
S
5
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
0
NW
10
SSE
10
S
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
N
0
W
10
S
5
SSE
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
off
offoffglassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:03AM
2.16
7:12PM
2.26
7:49AM
2.03
7:59PM
2.13
8:44AM
1.94
8:56PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:53AM
0.52
1:01PM
0.75
1:37AM
0.66
1:47PM
0.88
2:28AM
0.78
2:43PM
0.99
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise-5:31-------5:31-------5:31------
Sunset----5:49-------5:49-------5:49---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262630333129282727263134333028272626313332292827
Feels °C (?)282833363231312930293337363331302828333634323129
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