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Marbella surf break

Marbella surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 19 Jan 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
28.2° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Marbella today?

The current surf forecast for Marbella at 3PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
0
1
1
0
2
2
1
2
0
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)161616151515141413111313131818171716161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8585837210910910796128909092848010914873175125206302362299196
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
30
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
30
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
5
SE
15
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:56AM
2.28
3:30PM
2.14
3:35AM
2.33
4:07PM
2.24
4:12AM
2.35
4:43PM
2.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:18AM
0.30
9:26PM
0.50
9:53AM
0.25
10:06PM
0.45
10:28AM
0.23
10:45PM
0.41
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
Sunrise--6:05-------6:05-------6:05-----
Sunset----5:42-------5:42-------5:43---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272628313129272625252831312826262525283129282625
Feels °C (?)242424272827242625252629302524252424263031292525
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