Islita surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 22 Mar 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
29.6° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Islita today?

The current surf forecast for Islita at 8PM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)--
Afternoon (22 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (22 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131212121212121215121818181818171112161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)411340330319243235232232236180177155132252252252154111106123144208208173
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
W
5
N
5
NE
10
N
15
N
5
NNE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
E
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
5
NE
10
SSW
15
SW
5
SW
5
SE
5
ENE
5
N
10
N
5
NNE
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossglassglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:07PM
2.81
5:34AM
2.50
5:52PM
2.71
6:22AM
2.39
6:42PM
2.57
7:16AM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:26PM
0.06
11:36AM
0.20
12:13AM
0.15
12:25PM
0.32
1:06AM
0.28
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise-----5:43-------5:43-------5:43--
Sunset5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C302927272524283130282726252428313028272726252930
Feels °C (?)313230302624293231303028262529323130303029273130
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