Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 25 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
29.6° 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 11AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (25 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (25 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)121212121212121211111111111111101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1511411441061061041019689888686868583807471737373706866
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
WNW
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
S
5
E
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
15
SW
25
S
10
S
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
WNW
15
SSW
20
S
10
S
5
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:44AM
2.38
8:06PM
2.51
8:48AM
2.24
9:14PM
2.35
10:04AM
2.17
10:32PM
2.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:33AM
0.30
1:49PM
0.51
2:33AM
0.46
2:56PM
0.66
3:44AM
0.58
4:14PM
0.75
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise-5:39-------5:39-------5:39------
Sunset----5:49-------5:49-------5:49---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252430323228272625243032312827252424303231282726
Feels °C (?)262431313230302827253232303130262525323131303027
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