Playa Samara Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica)

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Playa Samara Surf Guide

Playa Samara in Golfo de Nicoya is an exposed beach and reef break that has quite reliable surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the north. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the south southwest. The beach break provides left and right handers as well as left and right hand reef breaks. When the surf is up, it can get quite busy in the water. Beware of Rips, shallow outside reefs.

Playa Samara Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach and reef	1	fairly consistent	30.3°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Playa Samara:

The best conditions reported for surf at Playa Samara occur when a South-southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the North.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

What's the best time of year to surf Playa Samara (for consistent clean waves)?

decemberBest Season: winter

The best time of year for surfing Playa Samara with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Winter and most often the month of December. Clean surfable waves are typically found 69% of the time in December while 28% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 3% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

69%

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

28%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Playa Samara Location Map

Interactive Playa Samara surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Playa Samara is Nosara Airport (NOB) in Costa Rica, 17 km (11 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Playa Samara is Daniel Oduber Quiros International (Liberia) Airport (LIR), also in Costa Rica, 79 km (49 miles) away.

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Playa Samara Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Tuesday, 5 May 2026, 14:41 Local Time

m, °C	Tuesday 05			Wed
ft, °F	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Wave (m)	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period (s)	15	14	15	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	on	glass

What does Playa Samara look like?

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Tides at Playa Samara

Current tide and informaton

For Camaronal, 9 km from Playa Samara.

Next High Water: 05:00pm | 2.35m

Next Low Water: 11:22pm | 0.37m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Playa Samara Sea Temperature

A hot and sunny day, feeling like 30.0 °C even after we account for wind, and very warm water temperature (30.3 °C) too at Playa Samara. Surfers may need a thin summer wetsuit or at least a rash vest to block the UV.

Today, many surfers would wear a summer wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 30.3°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite