Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 20 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
30.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Chacarita today?

The current surf forecast for Chacarita at 10PM is: 0.8m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)17s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
3
3
2
3
1
0
0
1
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)181717171716161616161615151514141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)300293381499482771627620724715706566537522508417417417411405313299290232
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
15
S
0
ESE
5
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
10
S
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
WSW
20
S
15
S
10
S
5
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
5
NE
10
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onglassglassoffoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
onglassoffoffoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:15PM
2.97
5:48AM
2.68
6:04PM
2.85
6:40AM
2.58
6:58PM
2.67
7:38AM
2.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:36PM
-0.02
11:51AM
0.23
12:26AM
0.09
12:44PM
0.36
1:21AM
0.25
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise-----5:26-------5:24-------5:24--
Sunset5:49-------5:49-------5:49-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------1------11-1111
Temp. °C312928262525303230282726252530313128272626262930
Feels °C (?)313232292727313230303129272631303230312929293131
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