Junquillal surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 12 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
29.5° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Junquillal today?

The current surf forecast for Junquillal at 8AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (12 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (12 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SW
0.5
SSW
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
Period(s) (?)151515141414141414161414141515151616161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)372309272268264261197194189137114108186121112113130137258255318314310283
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
30
NE
35
ENE
20
ENE
10
ESE
15
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
15
NE
10
ESE
10
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
25
ENE
10
NE
5
SSW
5
SE
20
ENE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise-5:33-------5:33-------5:33------
Sunset----5:52-------5:52-------5:52---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C272730333230282727263033323129272626303232312927
Feels °C (?)262527333430262526252833343229272626293335342827
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