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Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 13 Jan 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
28.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Chacarita today?

The current surf forecast for Chacarita at 8AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (13 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)10911111110106991098888816161616161414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1716111111101096610661212121224252525242141
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NW
5
S
10
SSE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
10
WSW
10
S
5
S
5
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
S
5
SE
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:01AM
1.91
11:19PM
2.18
12:06PM
1.91
12:18AM
2.19
1:05PM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:55AM
0.79
4:57PM
0.92
5:56AM
0.77
5:59PM
0.92
6:53AM
0.71
6:57PM
0.87
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise-5:58--------6:00-------6:00-----
Sunset----5:35-------5:36-------5:36---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232328313126252323232729292725242323283130272525
Feels °C (?)242429313328272424242930293027262424293232302626
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