Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 14 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 5PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

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)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)161615151515151919191818181717161616161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)193191179172172172169192192256534528522505569535529522516503465447441355
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
SSW
10
S
5
S
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
15
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
5
NNW
20
S
20
S
10
SSE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoncross-
on
glassoffoffoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoffoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:49PM
2.33
1:12AM
2.27
1:34PM
2.55
2:00AM
2.43
2:17PM
2.75
2:45AM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:30AM
0.70
7:05PM
0.64
7:17AM
0.57
7:52PM
0.42
8:01AM
0.42
8:36PM
0.22
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise5:28------5:28-------5:28-------5:26
Sunset--5:49-------5:49-------5:49-----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C323433302826262531333129272625243132312927252525
Feels °C (?)333635333227272633333332292826243130313130262625
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