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Dona Ana surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 12 Mar 2026 CST
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Dona Ana surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dona Ana sea temperature is
29.5° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dona Ana today?

The current surf forecast for Dona Ana at 10AM is: 1.0m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Afternoon (12 Mar)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (12 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)161615141414181616161515151414141313132121201919
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)435429484350350346300620620509477441435429423317299295232232229301502621
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
10
W
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
10
SSW
20
S
10
S
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
10
SW
15
S
10
S
5
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncrosscrossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:17AM
1.87
9:37PM
2.03
10:32AM
1.83
10:51PM
2.00
11:49AM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:07AM
0.83
3:17PM
0.99
4:16AM
0.89
4:31PM
1.04
5:30AM
0.88
5:49PM
1.00
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise-5:47-------5:47-------5:46------
Sunset----5:49-------5:49-------5:49---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242430333329272423232932312826252424303330282624
Feels °C (?)252531333531302524243032313029262526313331302825
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