El Estero surf break

El Estero surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 CST
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El Estero surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Estero 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 El Estero today?

The current surf forecast for El Estero at 12PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 07). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (07 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
3
3
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.4
SW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212131318131313121612121918181818181717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)248198220205208252282225111290229225150127202198414375375522516607594573
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
W
20
WSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
10
NNW
10
WSW
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
ESE
25
E
30
E
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:55AM
2.06
6:05PM
2.19
6:35AM
1.95
6:46PM
2.06
7:21AM
1.84
7:33PM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:53AM
0.54
12:26AM
0.47
12:32PM
0.66
1:10AM
0.59
1:17PM
0.77
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise-5:37-------5:35-------5:35------
Sunset----5:53-------5:53-------5:53---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------1---------------
Temp. °C262530323029292826262932323129272625303333322927
Feels °C (?)272630333131323128283033333330282726293335302726
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