Playa Tamarindo surfForecast / Rivas Province / Nicaragua

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 02 Apr 2026 CST
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Playa Tamarindo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa Tamarindo sea temperature is
26.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa Tamarindo today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Tamarindo at 1PM is: 0.4m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)20s
Afternoon (02 Apr)2ft (0.6m)19s
Evening (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)18s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)131320131918181717171716161616161615151515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)178176131148233292408576665665684635620620620612561512417498491405405478
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
15
SE
15
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
ENE
15
E
15
E
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:50AM
2.32
3:05PM
2.51
3:29AM
2.34
3:42PM
2.53
4:06AM
2.32
4:17PM
2.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:54AM
0.30
9:23PM
0.20
9:31AM
0.29
10:00PM
0.18
10:07AM
0.31
10:36PM
0.20
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise-5:39-------5:39-------5:37------
Sunset----5:53-------5:53-------5:53---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252528303129272525252830333028262525273032302926
Feels °C (?)242526293131282425252629323027252524252831313025
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