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Playa Hermosa surf break

Playa Hermosa surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 22 Jan 2026 CST
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Playa Hermosa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa Hermosa sea temperature is
29.1° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa Hermosa today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Hermosa at 11AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (22 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (22 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sun
25
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)
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)15151414141413131413131313131316131315915151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3763053011832643891842361391411511781091721728984849364123188167165
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
10
SW
15
S
10
SSE
5
E
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
0
ENE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offglassoncross-
on		onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:57AM
2.60
5:26PM
2.67
5:35AM
2.56
6:03PM
2.70
6:16AM
2.49
6:43PM
2.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:09AM
0.25
11:33PM
0.43
11:45AM
0.28
12:14AM
0.43
12:23PM
0.34
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sun
25
Sunrise--6:00-------6:00-------6:00-----
Sunset----5:38-------5:39-------5:39---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------1-----11---------
Temp. °C252427282827272525242627282726252424262728272626
Feels °C (?)262428302930302727252829303029272525282930303029
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