Junquillal surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 13 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
29.4° 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 4AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 13). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (14 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (14 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
3
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)151516161616161616151515151918181817171616151616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)112113130137258255318314310291322318314277459459352528711742733350547568
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
5
NE
15
SW
10
S
15
SE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
5
N
15
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise---5:33-------5:31-------5:31----
Sunset------5:52-------5:52-------5:52-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C282726263032323129272625303230292827262530333028
Feels °C (?)262626272933343330272726283431313029272628332930
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