Islita surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 08 Nov 2025 CST
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Islita surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Islita sea temperature is
27.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Islita today?

The current surf forecast for Islita at 9AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am November 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Nov)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (08 Nov)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (08 Nov)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

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Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Tue
11
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131313131318181817161616161616151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)147144142142140140140138152192192183169310361421352344273370360355355418
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
N
5
NE
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
E
10
S
5
SSW
5
W
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
0
S
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglassoncrossglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
glassglassoffoffcross-
off
glassglassglassglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:06AM
2.89
4:40PM
2.61
4:56AM
2.78
5:33PM
2.53
5:49AM
2.61
6:28PM
2.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:28AM
-0.11
10:43PM
0.14
11:18AM
-0.02
11:37PM
0.26
12:11PM
0.13
Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Tue
11
Sunrise-5:33-------5:33-------5:33------
Sunset----5:15-------5:15-------5:15---
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----11------24------2---
Temp. °C252527282827262625252728282626262525272828262525
Feels °C (?)292931313232313129293131333130302928313333302828
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