Playa Samara surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 20 Apr 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
30.0° 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 11PM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)17s
Evening (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)171717171716161616161615151414141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)399394522522498940917906906883871816678660622521542542514507395378372372
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
5
S
5
SSE
0
ESE
5
NE
5
NE
5
SE
15
S
15
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
S
0
ENE
5
NE
5
SE
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
S
5
S
0
ESE
5
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:47PM
2.82
5:20AM
2.53
5:37PM
2.71
6:12AM
2.44
6:30PM
2.55
7:10AM
2.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:09PM
-0.02
11:22AM
0.20
11:59PM
0.08
12:16PM
0.33
12:54AM
0.22
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise-----5:28-------5:28-------5:28--
Sunset5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---------12-1---11--1321
Temp. °C302828272726293129282827272629302928282727262829
Feels °C (?)313132313129333231323232323033313131313132313132
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