Islita surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 05 Apr 2026 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
29.9° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Islita today?

The current surf forecast for Islita at 4AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 21s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
2
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131212121213131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)563563555475468468390390378307334220220220227294282277312307312307303273
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
E
5
NE
10
N
5
N
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
0
SE
5
NNE
5
N
10
N
0
ENE
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
0
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
15
S
15
WSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglassoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffglassononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:17AM
2.28
5:27PM
2.40
5:55AM
2.17
6:04PM
2.28
6:35AM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:09PM
0.27
11:17AM
0.46
11:46PM
0.37
11:54AM
0.57
12:25AM
0.49
12:33PM
0.69
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise---5:35-------5:35-------5:35----
Sunset------5:52-------5:52-------5:51-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------1----
Temp. °C282827262931302928282626293130292828272630313029
Feels °C (?)313231293132313233332929333232333333312933323132
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