El Estero surf break

El Estero surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 15 Sep 2025 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
28.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at El Estero today?

The current surf forecast for El Estero at 3PM is: 1.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)18s
Afternoon (15 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Evening (15 Sep)5ft (1.5m)16s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)181716161616161616151515151515151515151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1274130613041444129612821338134014391193108394693411478581192119311941067960886815734665
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
15
WNW
10
W
5
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
10
E
5
ESE
0
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
WSW
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
S
5
SSE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononoffoffoffcross-
off
glassoffglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:17AM
2.24
8:59PM
1.96
9:28AM
2.12
10:17PM
1.93
10:45AM
2.07
11:33PM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:47PM
0.47
3:07AM
0.62
4:01PM
0.55
4:26AM
0.67
5:15PM
0.54
5:42AM
0.64
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise5:33------5:33-------5:31-------5:31
Sunset--5:44-------5:43-------5:42-----
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thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-154------53--3343521112
Temp. °C272827262625252527292827262625252727252525252424
Feels °C (?)323131302928292930333331293028283231292828292827
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Guanacaste

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at El Estero (light winds from the NE at Liberia/Tomas Guardia Airport 44 km from El Estero). 1.0m 17s long period groundswell from the SW with a 0.8m 13s groundswell, also from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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44 km away, 2 h 7 min ago

15 km/h
NE
0.0
28.8
Air / Water (°C)
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