Marbella surf break

Marbella surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 17 Oct 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
28.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Marbella today?

The current surf forecast for Marbella at 9PM is: 1.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)--
Afternoon (17 Oct)4ft (1.2m)16s
Evening (17 Oct)4ft (1.2m)16s

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

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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)161616161616161615151515151515141414141414141515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)683691691683674657649649616666649631503576489482476476401350469443284284
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
S
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
0
NE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassonononglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:12AM
2.14
12:35PM
2.05
12:59AM
2.23
1:23PM
2.11
1:39AM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:52PM
0.56
6:28AM
0.56
6:42PM
0.52
7:16AM
0.46
7:25PM
0.48
7:57AM
0.37
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise-----5:31-------5:31-------5:31--
Sunset5:24-------5:23-------5:23-------
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
311221-311-11--32331--12
Temp. °C262625252424262727262525242426262726252525252627
Feels °C (?)282928292727282930302829282830293030292929292930
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Guanacaste

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Marbella (light winds from the ENE at DanielOduberInt. Airport 64 km from Marbella). 0.8m 7s swell from the WSW with a 0.7m 12s groundswell from the S and a 0.6m 12s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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