Nosara Beach surf break

Nosara Beach surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 03 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
29.3° C
(Which is 1.0°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 2AM is: 1.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)5ft (1.6m)15s
Afternoon (04 Apr)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (04 Apr)5ft (1.5m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161515151515151514141414141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1557155715371358111810741074105910591045886874763752742721580580563563475475475396
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
5
SW
0
S
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
15
SSW
15
SW
5
SW
5
S
0
ESE
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
S
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffcross-
off
oncross-
on
oncrosscrossoffoffcross-
off
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:40PM
2.28
4:05AM
2.10
4:16PM
2.25
4:41AM
2.05
4:51PM
2.18
5:17AM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:58PM
0.16
10:06AM
0.28
10:34PM
0.18
10:41AM
0.33
11:09PM
0.24
11:17AM
0.40
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise-----5:37-------5:37-------5:37--
Sunset5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1-------1-------------
Temp. °C302829272626293030292928272529312929282827262931
Feels °C (?)323134302928323232333333312730323132313231283031
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