Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 20 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
29.8° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Chacarita today?

The current surf forecast for Chacarita at 1PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.9
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
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)141414141313131313131313121515141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)338338329297289225222222219215215209148150150333311356350280340276268259
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
0
N
15
SSE
5
S
5
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
15
SSE
5
SE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
WNW
10
S
5
E
10
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:55AM
2.69
4:12PM
2.94
4:36AM
2.73
4:52PM
2.98
5:18AM
2.71
5:34PM
2.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:58AM
0.17
10:28PM
0.07
10:38AM
0.13
11:10PM
0.03
11:20AM
0.15
11:53PM
0.06
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise-5:43-------5:41-------5:41------
Sunset----5:49-------5:49-------5:49---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252529323029272525253033322826262524303332282625
Feels °C (?)272728343031292525242933323126272524313533312726
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