El Estero surf break

El Estero surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 04 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
28.5° 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 8PM is: 1.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)--
Afternoon (04 Apr)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (04 Apr)5ft (1.5m)15s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
0
1
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515141414141414141313131313131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10591045886874763752742571555580563563475475475372372298248244248198220205
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
S
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
10
NW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SE
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
10
N
10
SW
20
S
15
SE
15
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:16PM
2.48
4:41AM
2.26
4:51PM
2.40
5:17AM
2.17
5:27PM
2.31
5:55AM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:34PM
0.20
10:41AM
0.36
11:10PM
0.26
11:17AM
0.44
11:47PM
0.36
11:53AM
0.54
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise-----5:37-------5:37-------5:37--
Sunset5:53-------5:53-------5:53-------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C302929272625303230292928262529323129292726253032
Feels °C (?)313031282726293329303129272629333229302827263034
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