Guiones surf break

Guiones surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 28 Jan 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
28.8° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Guiones today?

The current surf forecast for Guiones at 6AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 28). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (29 Jan)2ft (0.6m)15s

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

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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161615151515161615151414141413141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17317317312589156109144144142191231272167206166121120145141116128126125
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
15
ENE
5
E
5
ENE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
15
SW
5
WSW
5
E
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
10
N
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offononglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:10AM
1.75
11:37PM
2.07
12:23PM
1.83
12:44AM
2.14
1:27PM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:02AM
0.43
5:12PM
0.51
6:11AM
0.36
6:24PM
0.45
7:13AM
0.25
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise----6:05-------6:05-------6:05---
Sunset------5:45-------5:45-------5:46-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262525252731302826252323263029272524242427303128
Feels °C (?)252322232530313025252423253129292826262626283229
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