Junquillal surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 17 Oct 2025 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
28.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Junquillal today?

The current surf forecast for Junquillal at 2PM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (17 Oct)4ft (1.2m)16s
Evening (17 Oct)4ft (1.2m)16s

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

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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)161616161616161616161515151515151514141414141415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)387525683691691683674657649649616666649631503576489482476476401350469233
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
SW
5
S
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
0
SSE
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscrossglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossononglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:38AM
2.00
12:12AM
2.13
12:35PM
2.05
12:59AM
2.23
1:23PM
2.11
1:39AM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:52PM
0.56
6:28AM
0.57
6:42PM
0.53
7:16AM
0.47
7:26PM
0.48
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise5:31------5:31-------5:31-------5:31
Sunset--5:24-------5:23-------5:23-----
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
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part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
3542111--5311-1--32112-1
Temp. °C262726252525242427272726252524242627262625252525
Feels °C (?)303129292929282731303029292928283131293029302929
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Guanacaste

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Junquillal (light winds from the S at Liberia/Tomas Guardia Airport 56 km from Junquillal). 0.8m 7s swell from the SW with a 0.7m 9s swell from the SSW and a 0.6m 13s groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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