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Playa Samara surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 16 Jan 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
28.4° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa Samara today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Samara at 4AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313121212121212121212121716161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)116114841146579777574737271693636545786868581110167167
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
ESE
5
SSW
5
SW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
0
E
0
S
5
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
10
NE
10
SE
5
SE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
2.22
2:12PM
2.03
2:16AM
2.31
2:53PM
2.15
2:56AM
2.38
3:31PM
2.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:00AM
0.48
8:05PM
0.67
8:41AM
0.39
8:48PM
0.59
9:18AM
0.31
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise----6:03-------6:03-------6:03---
Sunset------5:39-------5:40-------5:40-
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262525242730292826252524272929282625252528303028
Feels °C (?)292727262934323229272727303333312725252530323232
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