Nosara Beach surf break

Nosara Beach surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 11 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
30.1° C
(Which is 1.6°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 7PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515151515151515141414141414161414131413131616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4413183093723723723723093092682642611971941891371141081801208584130137
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
20
NE
15
SSE
5
ESE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
5
S
5
SW
0
SE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
ESE
20
SW
5
S
5
ESE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossonglasscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:20AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:22PM
0.84
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise5:33------5:33-------5:33-------5:33
Sunset--5:52-------5:52-------5:52-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C303332302827272630333230272726263033302929272626
Feels °C (?)293233332928282730353534282826273034303232292727
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