Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 18 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Chacarita today?

The current surf forecast for Chacarita at 4AM is: 1.0m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
3
2
3
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)161515151414141414141414141418171717171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)496465447441429417411411487400394388313304300293381499482771627620724715
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
5
E
5
NE
10
N
10
NE
5
WSW
20
SSW
25
S
15
S
5
E
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:14AM
2.74
4:28PM
3.03
5:00AM
2.74
5:15PM
2.97
5:48AM
2.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:04PM
-0.05
10:14AM
0.13
10:49PM
-0.07
11:01AM
0.14
11:36PM
-0.02
11:51AM
0.23
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise---5:26-------5:26-------5:26----
Sunset------5:49-------5:49-------5:49-
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
111---------------------
Temp. °C272626263032302827262624303231282726252530323028
Feels °C (?)312928283132303131282724313131303128252631313030
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