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El Estero surf break

El Estero surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 25 Jan 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
28.2° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 11AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 25). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (25 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (25 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wed
28
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
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212131212131312121512141414141313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7271717810175868666651725812021320414313915114914711911511381
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
ENE
15
NE
15
WNW
20
W
15
SSW
10
S
10
ESE
5
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
W
5
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
35
NE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crossoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		onglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:54AM
2.14
7:22PM
2.39
7:44AM
2.04
8:14PM
2.34
8:44AM
1.96
9:15PM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:53AM
0.42
12:59PM
0.37
1:44AM
0.45
1:49PM
0.45
2:42AM
0.49
2:47PM
0.52
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wed
28
Sunrise--6:05-------6:05-------6:05-----
Sunset----5:44-------5:45-------5:45---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242427302827262524242729292927262424283232292726
Feels °C (?)262628312828282727262930303229262424242827252525
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