Nosara Beach surf break

Nosara Beach surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 24 Feb 2026 CST
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Nosara Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Nosara Beach sea temperature is
28.4° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nosara Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Nosara Beach at 6PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 24). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (24 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (24 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212111212121115111413131317171716161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9094938593889081664566605958115159157107206284273263179296
Wind
(km/h)
40
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
40
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
NE
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
W
0
SSW
5
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:26AM
1.91
7:52PM
2.12
8:27AM
1.80
8:56PM
2.01
9:39AM
1.73
10:10PM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:30PM
0.39
2:20AM
0.40
2:32PM
0.49
3:29AM
0.47
3:46PM
0.57
4:46AM
0.48
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise5:58------5:58-------5:58-------5:58
Sunset--5:52-------5:52-------5:52-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272931272524242426303128252423232829292726252424
Feels °C (?)222426232020202124293128262524243129313030282626
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