El Estero surf break

El Estero surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 05 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
28.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Estero today?

The current surf forecast for El Estero at 11PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)--
Afternoon (05 Apr)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
3
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313131212121212121212131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)555580563563475475451372372298248244248198205220208252282225225290229225
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
S
15
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NNW
10
WSW
20
SSW
15
SE
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
10
WNW
25
SW
20
SSW
10
SSE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:51PM
2.40
5:17AM
2.17
5:27PM
2.31
5:55AM
2.06
6:05PM
2.19
6:35AM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:10PM
0.26
11:17AM
0.44
11:47PM
0.36
11:53AM
0.54
12:26AM
0.47
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise-----5:37-------5:37-------5:35--
Sunset5:53-------5:53-------5:53-------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C312929282625293232292927262530323028282826253032
Feels °C (?)313031302726283233293028282730332928303028263033
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