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El Estero surf break

El Estero surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 17 Feb 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
26.7° 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: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 17). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (17 Feb)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (17 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
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)
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313121212121212151512161616161515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)62108138138104787473929212012072804862886485107104104167167
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NNE
20
NE
15
E
25
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
10
NE
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
5
NNW
15
WSW
15
SSW
10
SE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:32AM
2.26
3:01PM
2.25
3:11AM
2.34
3:38PM
2.40
3:50AM
2.39
4:14PM
2.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:48AM
0.33
9:04PM
0.42
9:24AM
0.24
9:44PM
0.31
9:59AM
0.18
10:23PM
0.24
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise--6:01-------6:01-------6:01-----
Sunset----5:52-------5:52-------5:52---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242428313230272625242831302827252423283029272625
Feels °C (?)232426303130252524242632323029262524283230292826
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