El Estero surf break

El Estero surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 06 Mar 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
27.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Estero today?

The current surf forecast for El Estero at 2PM is: 0.3m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 06). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (06 Mar)1ft (0.3m)17s
Evening (06 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.7
SSW
0.3
SW
0.8
SSW
0.4
SW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.5
N
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)12141713121312121212121251612121211111515131515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)72198452323727720820220224819819211382223179128128751042187677
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
15
NNE
5
SE
10
ESE
25
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
5
N
15
WSW
15
SSW
20
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
10
NNW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crossoncrossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:49PM
2.54
5:08AM
2.33
5:25PM
2.46
5:46AM
2.22
6:01PM
2.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:36AM
0.20
11:04PM
0.21
11:12AM
0.28
11:41PM
0.28
11:48AM
0.38
12:19AM
0.39
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise5:54------5:54-------5:54-------5:52
Sunset--5:52-------5:53-------5:53-----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C293232302826252529313028272525242931292828262524
Feels °C (?)283235312625252528333129272525252832292930272625
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