Nosara Beach surf break

Nosara Beach surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 02 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
29.2° 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: 1.7m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)6ft (1.8m)16s
Afternoon (03 Apr)6ft (1.8m)16s
Evening (03 Apr)6ft (1.8m)16s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
1
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
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
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)181818171717161616161616151515151515151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)90915311633156017491758161615571557155715371358111810741074105910591045886874763752742721
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
E
10
NE
5
NE
15
SW
15
SW
5
WSW
0
SW
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
15
SSW
15
SW
5
SSW
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
onononcross-
on
crossoffoffcross-
off
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:04PM
2.27
3:28AM
2.12
3:40PM
2.28
4:05AM
2.10
4:16PM
2.25
4:41AM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:21PM
0.18
9:30AM
0.26
9:58PM
0.16
10:06AM
0.28
10:34PM
0.18
10:41AM
0.33
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise-----5:39-------5:37-------5:37--
Sunset5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1821--------------------
Temp. °C292727272626282930282827262629302929282827262931
Feels °C (?)323031302929313032313330282831313133313231283132
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