Playa Grande surf break

Playa Grande surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 22 Mar 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
28.7° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa Grande today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Grande at 5AM is: 0.4m 20s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 22). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)20s
Afternoon (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)20s
Evening (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
NNE
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)13131220202020191212181818181818416161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1061047597186186134133515115525225225215411110129163208208208125161
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
SSE
20
ESE
20
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
N
10
NNW
15
SSE
15
SE
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NW
15
WSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:33AM
2.37
5:52PM
2.60
6:21AM
2.27
6:42PM
2.47
7:15AM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:26PM
0.06
11:35AM
0.18
12:13AM
0.15
12:24PM
0.29
1:06AM
0.27
1:20PM
0.43
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise---5:46-------5:45-------5:43----
Sunset------5:53-------5:53-------5:53-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C272525242831312928262524283132292827252528313128
Feels °C (?)262324242731313027252625273033302928252729323228
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