Playa Samara surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 26 Mar 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
29.3° C
(Which is 1.0°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 8PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)--
Afternoon (26 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (26 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.9
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)151515141014141414101013131310999121718171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)106106104102711001027268926885858564606076129147216214402507
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
5
SW
0
SSW
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
5
ENE
15
S
10
SW
5
SW
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
15
SSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:46PM
2.25
9:35AM
2.06
10:03PM
2.16
10:54AM
2.09
11:20PM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:27PM
0.61
3:16AM
0.53
3:45PM
0.70
4:32AM
0.57
5:05PM
0.69
5:42AM
0.54
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise-----5:41-------5:41-------5:41--
Sunset5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C302828272625293130292827262529313029282625252931
Feels °C (?)313132312927313232323230282731323232322826263132
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