Nosara Beach surf break

Nosara Beach surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 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
28.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Nosara Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Nosara Beach at 2AM is: 0.3m 21s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 01). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)19s
Afternoon (02 Apr)4ft (1.2m)18s
Evening (02 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)18s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313212020191918181817171716161616161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)46282887139221391630909153116871560174917581616155715571557153713581118107410741059
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
SE
10
SE
10
E
5
ENE
5
NE
0
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
0
ENE
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
E
5
NE
5
N
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassononglassglassglassglassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoffoffoffon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:27PM
2.23
2:49AM
2.11
3:04PM
2.27
3:28AM
2.12
3:40PM
2.28
4:05AM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:42PM
0.23
8:53AM
0.27
9:21PM
0.18
9:30AM
0.26
9:58PM
0.16
10:06AM
0.28
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise-----5:39-------5:39-------5:37--
Sunset5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-2--121113--------------
Temp. °C292827272626282929272827272628302928282727262930
Feels °C (?)313130302929323131313231312931313131323130283130
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