Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 08 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
28.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Chacarita today?

The current surf forecast for Chacarita at 7AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (08 Sep)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (08 Sep)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

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Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thu
11
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
SW
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)141313131320131313131812121212161616161312121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)243274228241223283240241268285327593590577568532528724725637518403589582
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
E
10
S
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
SE
5
S
5
E
0
NNE
5
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SE
5
E
0
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
W
10
SW
10
S
10
SE
5
ESE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassononcross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:13AM
2.74
3:30PM
2.71
3:53AM
2.91
4:13PM
2.77
4:34AM
3.01
4:56PM
2.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:23AM
0.25
9:38PM
0.14
10:06AM
0.11
10:18PM
0.08
10:49AM
0.03
11:01PM
0.07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thu
11
Sunrise-5:28-------5:28-------5:28------
Sunset----5:44-------5:43-------5:42---
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thunderstorm
part cloud
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part cloud
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
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thunderstorm
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Rain (mm)
21-13------1572-----551-
Temp. °C252526272626252525252728272626262525282828262626
Feels °C (?)282929292930292929303131303030312929323131293030
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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). 1.0m 7s swell from the S with a 0.7m 14s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.2m 18s long period groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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