Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 12 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 1PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (12 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (12 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
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
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
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
Period(s) (?)151515151414141414141414141415161616161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17216916916716516516516516516315496145149237250253191193191179172172172
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
E
5
ESE
5
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
S
5
S
10
SE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
WSW
15
S
10
SSE
5
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffglassglassglassoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:59AM
1.99
11:17PM
2.02
11:59AM
2.14
12:19AM
2.13
12:49PM
2.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:35AM
0.87
5:09PM
0.98
5:37AM
0.81
6:13PM
0.84
6:30AM
0.70
7:05PM
0.64
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise-5:30-------5:28-------5:28------
Sunset----5:49-------5:49-------5:49---
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272631343229272726263134333028262626313432292827
Feels °C (?)292832373632282928273236363331272728323633313129
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