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Junquillal surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 16 Feb 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
27.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Junquillal today?

The current surf forecast for Junquillal at 6PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (16 Feb)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (16 Feb)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
S
0.4
SW
0.6
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131314131313121313131313121212121212121511161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1381301281281261211101081381381047874739292118120998086626464
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
0
W
15
SW
10
SSE
15
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ESE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
5
ESE
10
SW
5
S
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:24PM
2.09
2:32AM
2.26
3:02PM
2.25
3:12AM
2.35
3:38PM
2.39
3:50AM
2.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:12AM
0.43
8:23PM
0.54
8:49AM
0.33
9:04PM
0.42
9:24AM
0.24
9:44PM
0.32
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise6:01-------6:01-------6:01-------
Sunset--5:51-------5:52-------5:52-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C283129282725242428323129272524242831292826252423
Feels °C (?)283330302825242527313230262424242633303127262524
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