El Estero surf break

El Estero surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 06 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
29.2° C
(Which is 1.1°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 10PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)--
Afternoon (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
2
3
2
1
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.5
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121212121313131314131216191219181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37229824824424819820520520825228222522529089225150127183198414375375522
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
20
SSW
15
SE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
W
20
WSW
20
SSW
10
S
5
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NNW
10
W
15
S
20
E
15
E
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
oncrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:27PM
2.31
5:55AM
2.06
6:05PM
2.19
6:35AM
1.95
6:46PM
2.06
7:21AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:47PM
0.36
11:53AM
0.54
12:26AM
0.47
12:32PM
0.66
1:10AM
0.59
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-----5:37-------5:35-------5:35--
Sunset5:53-------5:53-------5:53-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C322929272625303129292928262529323230292726263033
Feels °C (?)342930272726303229313231282629323331292827273034
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