Nosara Beach surf break

Nosara Beach surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 20 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
30.0° C
(Which is 1.4°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 12AM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)--
Afternoon (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)17s
Evening (21 Apr)3ft (0.9m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
0
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)171717171716161616161615151514141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)311394423423409823803906906773754715687543529521514514514425395384307307
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
5
SE
5
ENE
5
ENE
0
SE
20
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SE
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glassoncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:46PM
2.46
5:19AM
2.19
5:36PM
2.36
6:11AM
2.11
6:29PM
2.22
7:08AM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:08PM
-0.02
11:21AM
0.17
11:59PM
0.07
12:15PM
0.28
12:53AM
0.19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise-----5:28-------5:28-------5:28--
Sunset5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------1-----11--2421
Temp. °C302928282726293030292828272629302928282827262828
Feels °C (?)313231323029323132323132312932313131313131303130
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