Playa Pelada Surf Forecast

/ Guanacaste (28 surf breaks) /

Costa Rica (96 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Playa Pelada surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 08 Sep 2025 CST

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Playa Pelada surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Playa Pelada sea temperature is 28.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Playa Pelada today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Pelada at 9AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	13s
Afternoon (08 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s
Evening (08 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s

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

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	Monday 08							Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thu 11
	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	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	2	1	1	1	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	16	13	13	14	14	14	15	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	442	417	277	384	429	406	452	416	544	633	770	753	752	772	782	770	868	1014	855	822	993	992	738	726
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	NW	NNW	NW	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:43AM 2.25				3:00PM 2.22					3:23AM 2.39				3:43PM 2.27				4:05AM 2.48				4:27PM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)			8:53AM 0.21					9:08PM 0.12				9:37AM 0.10				9:49PM 0.06				10:21AM 0.03				10:31PM 0.05

	Monday 08							Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thu 11
Sunrise	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	6	18	5	2	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	-	1	2	1	1	1
Temp. °C	24	24	25	25	26	25	25	25	25	25	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	27	28	27	27	26	26
Feels °C (?)	26	26	27	28	29	27	28	28	28	29	31	30	30	30	31	30	29	29	31	31	29	30	29	29

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Guanacaste

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Playa Pelada (light winds from the NE at Liberia/Tomas Guardia Airport 72 km from Playa Pelada). 1.0m 8s swell from the SSW with a 0.6m 14s groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.4m 14s groundswell, also from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 58 minutes ago Playa Pelada

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