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Playa Samara Surf Forecast
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Playa Samara surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 25 Oct 2025 CST
How big are the waves at Playa Samara today?
The current surf forecast for Playa Samara at 9AM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am October 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (25 Oct) | 2ft (0.6m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (25 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 14s |
| Evening (25 Oct) | 2ft (0.6m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Playa Samara. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | Tue 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 144 | 147 | 119 | 97 | 100 | 101 | 156 | 158 | 101 | 155 | 157 | 157 | 159 | 203 | 181 | 169 | 169 | 169 | 227 | 302 | 238 | 211 | 174 | 193 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross | glass | glass | glass | off | glass | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:34AM 2.42 | 5:03PM 2.20 | 5:10AM 2.33 | 5:41PM 2.10 | 5:47AM 2.22 | 6:22PM 2.01 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:54AM 0.32 | 11:00PM 0.55 | 11:30AM 0.41 | 11:37PM 0.65 | 12:09PM 0.52 | |||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | Tue 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 5:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 5:21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:20 | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Temp. °C | 25 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 |
| Feels °C (?) | 29 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Golfo de Nicoya
Continuing clean conditions at Playa Samara (calm at DanielOduberInt. Airport 80 km from Playa Samara). 1.0m 6s windswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 14s groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.4m 13s groundswell, also from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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