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Playa Grande surf break

Playa Grande surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 CST
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Playa Grande surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa Grande sea temperature is
26.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa Grande today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Grande at 1PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 04). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (04 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)18s

Table - waves today at Playa Grande. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.2
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)12101091313181919201718181817161616161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1410181753553171737611112012112016415314910014498959491193
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
10
NNW
10
NW
15
ENE
25
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:11AM
2.53
4:40PM
2.57
4:55AM
2.46
5:21PM
2.54
5:36AM
2.36
6:01PM
2.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:25AM
0.05
10:50PM
0.20
11:06AM
0.11
11:33PM
0.25
11:45AM
0.22
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise--6:05-------6:05-------6:05-----
Sunset----5:47-------5:49-------5:49---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232225282929252423232730322927262423263031272525
Feels °C (?)222123282930242424242629302725242119212627232223
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