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Playa Negra surf break

Playa Negra surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 10 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
28.9° C
 (Which is 1.6°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: 1.0m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 10). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s 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 (10 Mar)--
Afternoon (10 Mar)3ft (0.9m)18s
Evening (10 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)18s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
0
1
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)181818181716161616161615151515141414181616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)520666659651679726651651798892749711592636619515501501510437427421400365
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
WNW
20
WSW
10
SSW
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
10
N
10
WSW
10
SSE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffononcross-
on		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:21PM
2.08
7:50AM
1.80
8:10PM
1.96
8:47AM
1.69
9:09PM
1.87
9:58AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:04PM
0.63
1:45AM
0.63
1:49PM
0.75
2:40AM
0.74
2:44PM
0.86
3:47AM
0.80
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise-----5:52-------5:52-------5:50--
Sunset5:53-------5:53-------5:53-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C333127262525293130282826252429323129282624242932
Feels °C (?)332925262525283230303027262528333331272624252834
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