El Estero surf break

El Estero surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 10 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
29.6° C
(Which is 1.4°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 2PM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 10). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Afternoon (10 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Evening (10 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)161616161616161515151515141515151514141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)661661587496489483551459393382372372367372372309272268264261194191189126
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
15
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:15AM
1.76
8:29PM
1.86
9:20AM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:12PM
0.87
2:59AM
0.76
3:21PM
0.92
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise5:35------5:35-------5:33-------5:33
Sunset--5:53-------5:53-------5:53-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C303334322927262630333432282726263033333128272626
Feels °C (?)293233302826262628313129262525242730343026272525
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