Nosara Beach surf break

Nosara Beach surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 29 Mar 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
29.4° C
(Which is 1.2°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 12PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 29). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 16s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.2
NNW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
NW
0.3
SW
0.8
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)12912121212121291318181710991616151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23823233622222325260002321203862605533333232
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
SSE
15
SSW
5
S
20
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
20
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
20
SW
15
WSW
5
SSW
5
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
onglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:01PM
1.91
12:25AM
1.93
12:58PM
2.03
1:20AM
2.00
1:45PM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:41AM
0.47
6:14PM
0.52
6:40AM
0.41
7:12PM
0.41
7:30AM
0.35
8:00PM
0.31
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
Sunrise-5:41-------5:41-------5:39------
Sunset----5:52-------5:52-------5:52---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262629323029282625252930302928262525293029282826
Feels °C (?)262628323131272625263029323229272627303030313128
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