Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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
29.3° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Chacarita today?

The current surf forecast for Chacarita at 7AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141313131313131313131212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)371366361356250336243239236181181178178176173165157155195195152152152150
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
E
10
S
10
SSW
5
S
5
SE
5
E
0
NNE
0
S
0
NE
5
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
WNW
5
NW
0
NE
5
W
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
5
E
0
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:07AM
2.19
12:29PM
2.30
1:09AM
2.32
1:27PM
2.38
1:58AM
2.46
2:16PM
2.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:15AM
0.72
6:49PM
0.54
7:17AM
0.62
7:41PM
0.46
8:07AM
0.50
8:25PM
0.39
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise-5:28-------5:28-------5:28------
Sunset----5:37-------5:37-------5:36---
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
22343-------122----1564-
Temp. °C252526252625252525252728282626262525272828262626
Feels °C (?)292929283030292929293131313030312930313131303131
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Golfo de Nicoya

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Chacarita (light winds from the E at Juan Santamaria Airport 61 km from Chacarita). 0.9m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.6m 10s swell, also from the SSW and a 0.6m 7s swell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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