Junquillal surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 16 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
29.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Junquillal today?

The current surf forecast for Junquillal at 7AM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)4ft (1.2m)14s
Afternoon (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515151414141418181817171616161615151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)644627610610557378401390333329516404390823803679721604558669660549514507
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
NE
10
NNW
20
NW
20
W
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:14AM
2.30
2:30PM
2.64
2:59AM
2.39
3:15PM
2.73
3:44AM
2.44
4:00PM
2.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:14AM
0.25
8:51PM
0.07
8:59AM
0.16
9:36PM
-0.02
9:44AM
0.11
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise---5:31-------5:31-------5:30----
Sunset------5:52-------5:53-------5:53-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------11-----131----
Temp. °C282726253031302928282726303130282828272629303028
Feels °C (?)292927263031313130313129323131303031312931303029
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