Nosara Beach surf break

Nosara Beach surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 09 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
30.1° C
(Which is 1.7°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 3PM is: 0.9m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)18s
Evening (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)17s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
3
0
2
3
3
2
3
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)181818181717161616161616161616151515151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)375522516516505487521515661661567496496483471459441318309372372372372309
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
SE
15
SSW
5
SE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
E
15
SW
5
SSE
10
E
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
10
ESE
10
NNE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crossoncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:21AM
1.67
7:32PM
1.76
8:15AM
1.60
8:29PM
1.68
9:20AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:17PM
0.71
2:00AM
0.63
2:13PM
0.80
2:59AM
0.69
3:22PM
0.84
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise5:35------5:35-------5:33-------5:33
Sunset--5:52-------5:52-------5:52-----
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C313331312927262631343130292726263033333027272626
Feels °C (?)323533343229282832363234323028273035353128292727
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