Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 08 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
29.8° 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 4AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)18s
Evening (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)18s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
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
Period(s) (?)121212121218181818171816161616161616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)196193151151153178209207204200204234234232229226223223220217188179174172
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
N
5
NW
15
SSW
5
SSE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NE
5
SSE
15
S
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
offoffglassoffoffglassonglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:12PM
2.26
7:49AM
2.03
7:59PM
2.13
8:44AM
1.94
8:56PM
2.03
9:50AM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:37AM
0.66
1:47PM
0.88
2:28AM
0.78
2:43PM
0.99
3:28AM
0.86
3:55PM
1.03
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise---5:31-------5:31-------5:31----
Sunset------5:49-------5:49-------5:49-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C282726263133313028272626313431302727262631333230
Feels °C (?)312928283335333432292929333733342929282833363434
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