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Playa Samara surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 22 Nov 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
27.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Playa Samara today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Samara at 8AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am November 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (22 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (22 Nov)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tue
25
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)141413131313141414141313131313131313121012121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16414714214218314414715816015113613613613613617217016712072716969129
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
SSW
5
SW
5
W
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
ENE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
SW
5
NNE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		crossglassoffoffoffglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassonglassglassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:34AM
2.43
4:07PM
2.22
4:11AM
2.39
4:45PM
2.19
4:48AM
2.34
5:24PM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:56AM
0.28
10:03PM
0.53
10:33AM
0.31
10:40PM
0.58
11:10AM
0.37
11:19PM
0.64
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tue
25
Sunrise-5:39-------5:39-------5:39------
Sunset----5:16-------5:16-------5:16---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------------121-
Temp. °C252527282827262525252728282725252424272827262525
Feels °C (?)292831313131302928293132313129292727313031302929
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