Playa Tamarindo Surf Break

Lat Long: 11.20° N 85.83° W

Playa Tamarindo 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Playa Tamarindo sea temperature is
29.1° C
0.8° 

Playa Tamarindo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Playa Tamarindo today (11 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Playa Tamarindo at 2PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 11). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jul)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (11 Jul)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (11 Jul)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Sat morning, min 25°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.5
SW
12
0.6
SSW
13
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.4
SW
19
0.4
SW
19
0.6
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
344
331
326
322
305
293
293
293
261
264
140
136
134
82
111
191
186
186
121
125
127
133
96
144
Wind (km/h)
30
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
High Tide
11:14AM2.38m
11:56PM2.01m
12:19PM2.45m
1:00AM2.13m
1:20PM2.54m
2:00AM2.28m
Low Tide
5:50PM0.38m
5:56AM0.46m
6:52PM0.26m
7:01AM0.37m
7:49PM0.14m
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5:26
5:26
5:26
5:26
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6:09
6:09
6:09
6:09
 mm
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
28
29
28
26
26
26
26
26
26
28
28
27
27
26
26
26
26
28
29
26
26
25
25
25
Feels °C
28
29
29
27
27
26
26
26
26
27
27
26
25
24
24
25
25
27
28
26
25
24
24
24
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