Playa Negra surf break

Playa Negra surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 23 Mar 2026 CST
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Playa Negra surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa Negra sea temperature is
28.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa Negra today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Negra at 10PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 23). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

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

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.7
N
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)20121212181818181841716161616161616161515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13451515115525225225215420106129163208208208125161119107106104104104
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
5
SSW
15
E
20
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNW
10
W
15
S
15
SSE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
WNW
15
WSW
10
S
15
SE
5
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
25
ENE
0
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
ononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:53PM
2.61
6:22AM
2.27
6:43PM
2.47
7:16AM
2.15
7:39PM
2.32
8:19AM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:14AM
0.15
12:25PM
0.29
1:06AM
0.27
1:20PM
0.42
2:06AM
0.40
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-----5:45-------5:43-------5:43--
Sunset5:53-------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
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C302928252524293231282727252429313028282725243032
Feels °C (?)293028242524283332292829262529313129292926252834
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