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Junquillal surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 09 Mar 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
29.0° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Junquillal today?

The current surf forecast for Junquillal at 5AM is: 0.7m 20s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 09). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)20s
Afternoon (10 Mar)3ft (0.9m)18s
Evening (10 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)18s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
3
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
3
2
3
2
1
2
2
2
3
4
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1
S
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)131320202020181818181716161616161615151515141418
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)295361267392392388475666659651679726717651691957749616592636619508545448
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
5
E
15
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
W
15
WSW
10
SSW
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
W
15
WSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:04AM
1.94
7:21PM
2.08
7:50AM
1.80
8:10PM
1.96
8:47AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:00AM
0.51
1:04PM
0.63
1:45AM
0.63
1:49PM
0.75
2:40AM
0.74
2:44PM
0.86
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise---5:52-------5:52-------5:52----
Sunset------5:53-------5:53-------5:53-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C272625252932323027262525293130282726252429313028
Feels °C (?)262525262732343026252526283231302928272529323130
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