Nosara Beach surf break

Nosara Beach surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 19 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
29.7° 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 10AM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)4ft (1.2m)14s
Afternoon (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
1
0
2
2
3
2
3
3
0
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
0
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)151514141414141414141413171717171716161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)558573565549514659615492407401401384311394423423409823803783906773754715
Wind
(km/h)
0
NE
10
N
10
NW
20
W
20
W
10
SW
5
SE
5
NNW
10
N
10
NE
5
NNE
15
SW
15
SW
15
S
15
SE
10
ESE
5
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
20
SSW
15
SW
10
S
10
SSE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:44AM
2.23
3:59PM
2.50
4:30AM
2.23
4:46PM
2.46
5:19AM
2.19
5:36PM
2.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:44AM
0.10
10:21PM
-0.05
10:32AM
0.11
11:08PM
-0.02
11:21AM
0.17
11:59PM
0.07
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise-5:30-------5:30-------5:28------
Sunset----5:52-------5:52-------5:52---
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
21--------------------1-
Temp. °C272629292928282727263031302928282726303029292827
Feels °C (?)312831293030313130293231313030313128323031323130
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