Playa Pelada surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 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
30.2° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa Pelada today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Pelada at 7AM is: 0.8m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)18s
Evening (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)202019181818181817171616161616161616161515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)198198414375375522516516505573521581661661567496496483471459441429309372
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
15
S
10
SW
5
SSE
5
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
SSE
15
SSW
5
SSE
10
ENE
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
10
SSE
10
S
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:46PM
1.87
7:21AM
1.67
7:32PM
1.76
8:15AM
1.60
8:29PM
1.68
9:20AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:09AM
0.54
1:17PM
0.71
2:00AM
0.63
2:13PM
0.80
2:59AM
0.69
3:22PM
0.84
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise---5:35-------5:35-------5:33----
Sunset------5:52-------5:52-------5:52-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C292827273032303029272626303231302927262630323130
Feels °C (?)323130293233333432292828323433343229282730343334
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