Nosara Beach surf break

Nosara Beach surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 28 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
29.5° C
(Which is 1.3°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 4PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 28). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.6
S
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
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
Period(s) (?)1313131212121217121212121212121318181710991616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61444239383723023233636222325260002421203862
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
NE
20
SW
15
WSW
10
W
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:52AM
1.82
11:18PM
1.88
12:01PM
1.91
12:25AM
1.93
12:58PM
2.03
1:20AM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:04PM
0.59
5:41AM
0.47
6:14PM
0.52
6:40AM
0.41
7:12PM
0.41
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise5:41------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
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C303029292827262629303029282625252930292828262525
Feels °C (?)323131322927252730303131282726263130303029282627
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