Junquillal surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 20 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
29.8° 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 11AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)17s
Evening (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
3
1
0
2
2
2
1
2
3
1
0
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414131717171717161616161616151515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)407401401384311394423423409823803906906773754715687543529521514514514425
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
WSW
20
SW
15
S
15
SSE
5
ESE
5
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:31AM
2.45
4:47PM
2.71
5:20AM
2.40
5:37PM
2.61
6:12AM
2.32
6:31PM
2.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:32AM
0.11
11:09PM
-0.01
11:22AM
0.18
12:00AM
0.08
12:16PM
0.30
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-5:30-------5:30-------5:28------
Sunset----5:53-------5:53-------5:53---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-------11-------------12
Temp. °C272630323029292827263032302929282726303130282927
Feels °C (?)302830332930323129283034313031323028323131293030
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