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Playa Samara surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 16 Feb 2026 CST
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Playa Samara surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa Samara sea temperature is
27.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa Samara today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Samara at 11PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)--
Afternoon (16 Feb)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (16 Feb)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
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)
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
S
0.6
SW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131313131313121111121212121211151111161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)128128125115110108138138104779489929211811899888486866461107
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
0
S
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglasscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:26PM
2.21
2:33AM
2.37
3:03PM
2.38
3:12AM
2.46
3:39PM
2.53
3:51AM
2.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:25PM
0.56
8:49AM
0.32
9:06PM
0.43
9:25AM
0.23
9:45PM
0.32
10:00AM
0.17
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise------6:01-------6:00-------6:00-
Sunset5:50-------5:51-------5:51-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C292827252423273030282625242427303028262524242729
Feels °C (?)313231272524283131302927252628313130302826262930
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