Playa Negra surf break

Playa Negra surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 05 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
27.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa Negra today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Negra at 5PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (05 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (05 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.7
SSW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131512141712131312121212121216161212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1161161981951921891767372201453722927720820220224819819239382223
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
15
W
15
WSW
10
SSW
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
10
NNE
10
S
10
SE
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
5
SW
15
WSW
10
S
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
ononcrossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
crossoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:13PM
2.56
4:31AM
2.40
4:50PM
2.54
5:09AM
2.32
5:26PM
2.46
5:46AM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:00AM
0.15
10:26PM
0.18
10:37AM
0.20
11:04PM
0.21
11:13AM
0.27
11:42PM
0.28
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise5:54------5:54-------5:54-------5:54
Sunset--5:52-------5:52-------5:52-----
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C293129282826252530323029282626253032292828262524
Feels °C (?)303230303026252629343131272625252935303129262525
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