Nosara Beach Surf Forecast

/ Guanacaste (28 surf breaks) /

Costa Rica (96 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (9.99° N 85.70° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Nosara Beach surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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 29.2° 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 9PM is: 1.4m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	15s
Evening (16 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	15s

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

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	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1118	918	893	807	807	704	849	827	733	551	536	672	395	390	395	390	384	368	443	357	309	299	295	290
Wind (km/h)	SW	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)				10:19PM 1.75				10:46AM 1.87				11:34PM 1.80				11:57AM 1.90					12:37AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)		4:02PM 0.50				4:28AM 0.61				5:15PM 0.49				5:43AM 0.58					6:19PM 0.44				6:46AM 0.50

	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-
Sunset	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	3	11	2	-	1	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	3	2	1	3	8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	25	25	25	25	25	26	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	25	25	25	25	27	27
Feels °C (?)	32	29	29	28	28	28	29	30	31	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	26	27	29	29	29	28	30	30

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Guanacaste

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Nosara Beach (light winds from the SSE at DanielOduberInt. Airport 70 km from Nosara Beach). 1.2m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.7m 7s swell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
3 hours 17 minutes ago Nosara Beach

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