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Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 20 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
30.0° 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 8AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
3
3
2
3
2
0
0
1
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)141414141817171717161616161616151515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)394388313304300293381499482771627620724715706566537522508417417417411405
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
10
SW
20
S
20
S
15
S
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
SW
20
SSW
25
S
15
S
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
SW
15
S
15
S
10
S
5
ESE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffononononglassglassoffoffglassoncross-
on
onglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:00AM
2.74
5:15PM
2.97
5:48AM
2.68
6:04PM
2.85
6:40AM
2.58
6:58PM
2.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:01AM
0.14
11:36PM
-0.02
11:51AM
0.23
12:26AM
0.09
12:44PM
0.36
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-5:26-------5:26-------5:24------
Sunset----5:49-------5:49-------5:49---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-------------11------131
Temp. °C252530313128282626263032302827262525303130282726
Feels °C (?)252530313130322928283232303031292726313031303129
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