Junquillal surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 CST
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Junquillal surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Junquillal 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 Junquillal today?

The current surf forecast for Junquillal at 12AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)18s
Evening (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)121220201918181818181717161616161616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)150195198198414375375522516516505487521515661661567496496483471459441429
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
15
NE
10
SSE
15
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
30
NE
20
NE
15
ESE
15
E
30
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
35
NE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:47PM
2.07
7:21AM
1.84
7:33PM
1.96
8:15AM
1.76
8:29PM
1.87
9:19AM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:33PM
0.65
1:11AM
0.59
1:17PM
0.77
2:01AM
0.69
2:12PM
0.86
2:59AM
0.76
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-----5:35-------5:35-------5:35--
Sunset5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C313129272726313332322927272631333331282726263133
Feels °C (?)333329272826293434332827282730323532272726262832
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