Playa Manzanillo surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 02 Aug 2025 CST
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Playa Manzanillo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa Manzanillo sea temperature is
29.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Playa Manzanillo today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Manzanillo at 6AM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 02). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Afternoon (02 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Evening (02 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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

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Saturday
02
Sunday
03
Monday
04
Tue
05
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)151515141814141413151613161515131414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)613532602719782904606469680571597794727631636549472426503389299276330205
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NE
5
E
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
0
SSE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
E
5
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
E
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
ononglassglassoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29AM
2.05
8:59PM
1.75
9:21AM
1.97
10:01PM
1.69
10:21AM
1.94
11:09PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:07AM
0.69
2:58PM
0.70
2:58AM
0.79
3:57PM
0.74
3:57AM
0.85
5:01PM
0.73
Saturday
02
Sunday
03
Monday
04
Tue
05
Sunrise-5:31-------5:31-------5:31------
Sunset-----6:02-------6:01-------6:01--
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Rain (mm)
----256-----13--2-113875
Temp. °C262528292827272625252729282727262525282926252424
Feels °C (?)302932323131313129293132323132302828313027272526
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Golfo de Nicoya

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Playa Manzanillo (light winds from the ENE at Juan Santamaria Airport 114 km from Playa Manzanillo). 0.7m 15s groundswell from the SW with a 0.5m 19s long period groundswell, also from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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