Playa Santa Teresa surf break

Playa Santa Teresa surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 03 Jul 2025 CST
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Playa Santa Teresa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa Santa Teresa 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 Santa Teresa today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Santa Teresa at 12AM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 03). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (04 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (04 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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

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Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Fri
11
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)161515151515141414141414141313131716161616161615151515141414141414141414131313131313131313121212121313131212121212171611
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)620589566588573502502459456449448362304290289513555690727726714793767717681669606517491484367367362303289240238189232229226239182158219210204201338348357348307343307418445410174389
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
E
20
ESE
15
SE
5
ESE
0
ESE
0
WNW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
5
NE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SSW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
NNE
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
0
NW
10
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
0
ENE
5
ENE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
W
0
NW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
5
SSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
SSW
10
SW
5
W
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
S
10
SW
5
SW
0
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassononcrossglasscrosscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassononglasscross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffglassglassonglassglasscrosscross-
off
offglasscross-
on
onglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:01PM
1.95
9:27AM
2.18
9:59PM
1.88
10:20AM
2.13
10:58PM
1.85
11:14AM
2.13
11:57PM
1.86
12:07PM
2.15
12:51AM
1.91
12:58PM
2.21
1:40AM
1.99
1:45PM
2.28
2:25AM
2.08
2:29PM
2.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:02PM
0.71
3:05AM
0.74
3:57PM
0.74
3:58AM
0.81
4:54PM
0.73
4:54AM
0.84
5:49PM
0.69
5:50AM
0.83
6:41PM
0.62
6:43AM
0.78
7:29PM
0.53
7:32AM
0.72
8:13PM
0.44
8:17AM
0.64
8:54PM
0.36
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Fri
11
Sunrise-----5:24-------5:24-------5:24-------5:24-------5:24-------5:26-------5:26------
Sunset-6:05-------6:05-------6:05-------6:05-------6:05-------6:05-------6:05-------6:05--
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Rain (mm)
2312-2--27665111352-2--13810---13112--11--1---12--1------1---
Temp. °C282626252625272727252625252526272626252525252727272624252525262727272626262626282827272625252628272726262625272828272726
Feels °C (?)312928273030323030283128282930303030302928293230303128292930313231313030303030323030312927272931293129292928313131313230
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