Junquillal surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 19 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
29.5° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Junquillal today?

The current surf forecast for Junquillal at 2PM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)4ft (1.2m)14s
Afternoon (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
3
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
3
1
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)151514141414141414141413171717171716161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)558573565549514659615492407401401384311394423423409823803783906773754715
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
20
W
20
W
15
SW
10
SSE
5
NNW
10
N
5
NE
10
NE
5
WNW
15
SW
20
S
15
SE
10
ESE
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
WSW
20
SW
20
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscrossglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:44AM
2.44
4:00PM
2.76
4:31AM
2.45
4:47PM
2.71
5:20AM
2.40
5:37PM
2.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:44AM
0.11
10:22PM
-0.05
10:32AM
0.11
11:09PM
-0.01
11:22AM
0.18
12:00AM
0.08
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise-5:30-------5:30-------5:30------
Sunset----5:53-------5:53-------5:53---
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
21--------------------1-
Temp. °C272629313029282827263033312928282726303229292828
Feels °C (?)312831313030303130293035312929313028303429303131
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