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Playa Santa Teresa surf break

Playa Santa Teresa surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 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
28.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Playa Santa Teresa today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Santa Teresa at 2PM is: 0.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Afternoon (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Evening (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)161616151414141414141413131313131213121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25252457535353535379736911611484666062757572727271
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
SW
15
SSW
5
SSW
10
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
SE
15
S
5
SSW
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
0
WSW
5
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononoffoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassononglassglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:40PM
1.86
12:48AM
2.15
1:31PM
1.95
1:36AM
2.23
2:16PM
2.06
2:20AM
2.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:30AM
0.67
6:32PM
0.83
7:20AM
0.58
7:23PM
0.75
8:05AM
0.48
8:10PM
0.67
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise6:01-------6:01-------6:01-------
Sunset--5:37-------5:38-------5:38-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272829272726252527282827262625252728292727262525
Feels °C (?)303030303026242527293030302927283031323032302828
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