Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 CST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Chacarita today?

The current surf forecast for Chacarita at 1AM is: 0.7m 18s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)17s
Afternoon (18 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Evening (18 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)141418181818171616161615151514141414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)341331307307307304596542635516496465453441429417411411405400394388383304
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
10
S
5
E
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
SW
20
SSW
20
S
10
S
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
WSW
20
SSW
25
S
10
S
5
E
5
NE
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
WSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffcross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:00PM
2.91
3:29AM
2.68
3:43PM
3.01
4:14AM
2.74
4:28PM
3.03
5:00AM
2.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:20PM
0.05
9:29AM
0.18
10:04PM
-0.05
10:14AM
0.13
10:49PM
-0.07
11:01AM
0.14
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise-----5:26-------5:26-------5:26--
Sunset5:49-------5:49-------5:49-------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------1------------
Temp. °C312927262525303230282726262630323028272625253032
Feels °C (?)323130282726313130303129282731313031312926263131
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Chacarita surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest