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Nosara Beach surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 30 Jan 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 1.4°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 3AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (31 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (31 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)141314131313131313131312131313131414151414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)121120192141116116114114135133807418413718418420720786210269204176178
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
30
NE
40
NE
45
NE
40
NE
35
NE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NE
30
NE
30
NE
40
NE
35
NE
40
NE
40
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		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
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:44AM
2.14
1:27PM
1.96
1:44AM
2.21
2:22PM
2.10
2:38AM
2.28
3:12PM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:13AM
0.25
7:29PM
0.36
8:08AM
0.15
8:26PM
0.27
8:57AM
0.07
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise----6:05-------6:05-------6:05---
Sunset------5:46-------5:46-------5:46-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252424232730302826252525272930262523222224282823
Feels °C (?)282626242830312826242218202224212017171717232217
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