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Playa Negra Surf Forecast
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Playa Negra surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 02 Sep 2025 CST
How big are the waves at Playa Negra today?
The current surf forecast for Playa Negra at 12AM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 02). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (03 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (03 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 16s |
| Evening (03 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Playa Negra. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 03 | Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 484 | 480 | 474 | 480 | 480 | 480 | 474 | 526 | 582 | 542 | 538 | 594 | 656 | 559 | 704 | 742 | 580 | 798 | 830 | 787 | 451 | 431 | 427 | 480 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | glass | cross | glass | on | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:42AM 1.90 | 11:32PM 1.71 | 11:46AM 1.97 | 12:31AM 1.86 | 12:42PM 2.09 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:16AM 0.89 | 5:21PM 0.74 | 5:27AM 0.84 | 6:18PM 0.64 | 6:29AM 0.72 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 03 | Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 5:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:33 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - |
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Rain (mm) | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| Temp. °C | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 24 |
| Feels °C (?) | 31 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 32 | 33 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Guanacaste
Continuing clean conditions at Playa Negra (light winds from the E at Liberia/Tomas Guardia Airport 55 km from Playa Negra). 0.8m 14s groundswell from the SW to make surfable waves.
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