Playa Samara surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 10 Jul 2025 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
29.5° C
(Which is 1.2°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: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)--
Afternoon (10 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (10 Jul)2ft (0.6m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Fri
18
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.8
SW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)121716161616161616171717151716161616141514141414141414191913131813161616161615151517171616161616161616161817181516161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)5543743533473943424203793795186186666976586426966886805815295245064554594503933475175527147328468919651052705673768713801809859902862822810851858902712715743888842719664701708711729
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
SW
5
S
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
NE
5
WSW
5
NW
5
E
10
E
10
E
5
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
ENE
5
SE
5
SE
10
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
10
E
5
E
5
SW
5
SW
0
NNE
5
E
5
SSW
0
SE
0
ESE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
NE
5
S
5
S
0
SSE
0
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
S
5
SW
5
W
0
N
5
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
5
SE
5
SE
10
ENE
10
E
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassoncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
onglassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
glassglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
crossoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:24PM
2.34
3:02AM
2.16
3:06PM
2.40
3:42AM
2.26
3:47PM
2.45
4:22AM
2.36
4:27PM
2.46
5:01AM
2.44
5:09PM
2.44
5:42AM
2.50
5:52PM
2.40
6:24AM
2.54
6:38PM
2.32
7:09AM
2.54
7:29PM
2.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:50PM
0.36
8:56AM
0.57
9:29PM
0.29
9:39AM
0.51
10:07PM
0.24
10:21AM
0.47
10:44PM
0.22
11:04AM
0.44
11:23PM
0.23
11:49AM
0.42
12:03AM
0.26
12:36PM
0.42
12:47AM
0.32
1:27PM
0.44
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Fri
18
Sunrise-----5:26-------5:26-------5:28-------5:28-------5:28-------5:28-------5:28------
Sunset-6:07-------6:07-------6:07-------6:07-------6:07-------6:07-------6:07-------6:07--
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Rain (mm)
3721--136611----23-211211------3331-----31------22------417--
Temp. °C282726262626272727262524242425272725252525252627272626262626272727272626252527282827262525252729282726262525272828252625
Feels °C (?)323230303131323232302827272628313230282828283031323131313131313131323030282830313232312828283033323231302828313233293028
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