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Chacarita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 09 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
29.3° C
 (Which is 1.2°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: 0.7m 20s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)20s
Afternoon (10 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)19s
Evening (10 Mar)3ft (0.9m)18s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
1
2
2
2
3
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)131321202020191818181817171716161616161615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)284284251311403399387585572565547528618596575452441435429520484360350346
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
W
5
SE
0
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
10
WSW
20
S
10
S
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
WNW
10
SW
15
S
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscrossglasscross-
off		offoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffoffoffcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06PM
2.42
7:32AM
2.15
7:47PM
2.27
8:19AM
1.99
8:36PM
2.13
9:17AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:26AM
0.56
1:32PM
0.72
2:12AM
0.71
2:18PM
0.87
3:07AM
0.83
3:17PM
0.99
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise---5:48-------5:48-------5:48----
Sunset------5:49-------5:49-------5:49-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262524243033322926252525303331282625242429323129
Feels °C (?)282625253134343228262727323431312927252630323132
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