Marbella surf break

Marbella surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 CST
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Marbella surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Marbella sea temperature is
29.1° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Marbella today?

The current surf forecast for Marbella at 3AM is: 1.5m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)16s
Afternoon (16 Sep)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (16 Sep)5ft (1.5m)15s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)161616161615151515151515151515151414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)131613041338150114521352119399210661190107711821233114010311070885688734689741734729659
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
5
E
5
NE
0
N
5
S
10
SW
5
WSW
5
S
5
SE
10
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
S
10
E
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglassglassglassonglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:29AM
2.13
10:18PM
1.93
10:45AM
2.07
11:33PM
1.98
11:56AM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:07AM
0.61
4:01PM
0.54
4:25AM
0.67
5:14PM
0.54
5:41AM
0.64
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise---5:31-------5:31-------5:31----
Sunset------5:43-------5:42-------5:40-
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
------44131-241363---232
Temp. °C262626262728272727262525272727262424242526262625
Feels °C (?)293030303132313131292829313031302828282930292928
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Guanacaste

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Marbella (light winds from the E at Juan Santamaria Airport 171 km from Marbella). 1.1m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW with a 0.6m 8s swell, also from the SSW and a 0.6m 11s groundswell, also from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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