Marbella surf break

Marbella surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 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
29.4° 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 9AM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

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 Marbella. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
0
1
2
2
2
3
2
0
0
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)151514141414181818171716161616151515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)610610557378401390333329516404390823803679721604558669660549514534500512
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
10
ESE
5
NE
10
ENE
0
NNE
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
NNE
10
NNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:14AM
2.30
2:30PM
2.64
2:59AM
2.40
3:14PM
2.73
3:44AM
2.45
4:00PM
2.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:14AM
0.25
8:51PM
0.06
8:59AM
0.16
9:36PM
-0.03
9:44AM
0.11
10:21PM
-0.06
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise-5:31-------5:31-------5:30------
Sunset----5:52-------5:52-------5:52---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------1-------23------
Temp. °C262530313029282726262931302928282727292929282827
Feels °C (?)272631313132303029293232313130303031312829293131
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