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Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 14 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
28.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Chacarita today?

The current surf forecast for Chacarita at 12AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (15 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)8888816161616161414141414141413131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61212121224252525242141414141403735595857555352
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
SSE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
WNW
10
S
5
ESE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
WNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		glassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffglassglasscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:06PM
1.91
12:18AM
2.19
1:05PM
1.96
1:12AM
2.25
1:56PM
2.05
2:01AM
2.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:59PM
0.92
6:53AM
0.71
6:57PM
0.87
7:44AM
0.61
7:48PM
0.79
8:29AM
0.51
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise------6:00-------6:00-------6:00-
Sunset5:36-------5:36-------5:37-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C302725242423283130272625242428292926252424242728
Feels °C (?)313027252624303232302726242529303129262627272930
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