Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 09 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
29.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Chacarita today?

The current surf forecast for Chacarita at 4AM is: 0.7m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
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
0.6
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
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)181717161616161616161616161515151515151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)204200202234234232229226223223220217191179174172172172172169169167165165
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NE
5
SE
15
SSE
10
S
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
SE
0
ENE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
offoffcross-
off
offoffglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:59PM
2.13
8:44AM
1.94
8:56PM
2.03
9:50AM
1.92
10:06PM
1.99
10:59AM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:28AM
0.78
2:43PM
0.99
3:28AM
0.86
3:55PM
1.03
4:35AM
0.87
5:09PM
0.98
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise---5:31-------5:31-------5:30----
Sunset------5:49-------5:49-------5:49-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C282726263135323028272626313433302827262632343329
Feels °C (?)322928283238343431292828333735343129282833373732
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