Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 13 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
29.9° 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 7AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (14 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (14 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)151616161616151515151519191918181817171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)237250253191193191179172172172169192192256534528522505569535529522516503
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
SW
15
S
10
S
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
15
SSW
15
S
5
SSE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
WNW
20
SSW
20
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
glassoncross-
on
glassoffoffoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffcrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:19AM
2.13
12:49PM
2.33
1:12AM
2.27
1:34PM
2.55
2:00AM
2.43
2:17PM
2.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:13PM
0.84
6:30AM
0.70
7:05PM
0.64
7:17AM
0.57
7:52PM
0.42
8:01AM
0.42
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise---5:28-------5:28-------5:28----
Sunset------5:49-------5:49-------5:49-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282626253134322928262626313331292726262531323129
Feels °C (?)302728263235333232272728333332322928282631313131
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