Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 23 Mar 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 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Chacarita today?

The current surf forecast for Chacarita at 12AM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)--
Afternoon (24 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (24 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)121212151211181313131311121212121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1801391371551341271231301289089611511411441061061041019689888686
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
10
SSE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
10
SW
20
S
10
S
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
WNW
15
SW
20
S
10
S
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffcrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:20PM
2.85
6:50AM
2.52
7:09PM
2.69
7:44AM
2.38
8:06PM
2.51
8:48AM
2.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:04PM
0.22
12:41AM
0.16
12:53PM
0.35
1:33AM
0.30
1:49PM
0.51
2:33AM
0.46
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-----5:41-------5:39-------5:39--
Sunset5:49-------5:49-------5:49-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C312826252423303331282625242429323128272624233033
Feels °C (?)303028262524313331312926252429303030302824243032
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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