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Guiones surf break

Guiones surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 19 Apr 2026 CST
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Guiones surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Guiones sea temperature is
30.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Guiones today?

The current surf forecast for Guiones at 4AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)17s
Evening (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141413171717171716161616161615151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)615492407401401384311394423423409823803906906773754715687543529521542542
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
0
E
5
N
5
NE
0
NNE
15
SW
15
SW
10
S
10
SE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NE
5
E
15
SSW
15
SW
10
S
10
SSE
5
SE
5
E
5
ENE
0
ESE
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassoffglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:30AM
2.23
4:46PM
2.46
5:19AM
2.19
5:36PM
2.36
6:11AM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:21PM
-0.05
10:32AM
0.11
11:08PM
-0.02
11:21AM
0.17
11:59PM
0.07
12:15PM
0.28
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise---5:30-------5:28-------5:28----
Sunset------5:52-------5:52-------5:52-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------1-----2--11---
Temp. °C282827262930302928282726293029292828272629302928
Feels °C (?)313230293130313230323029313131323132312933313131
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