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Playa Valor surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 20 Dec 2025 CST
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Playa Valor surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa Valor sea temperature is
28.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Playa Valor today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Valor at 10AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am December 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (20 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (20 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tue
23
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212121212111111111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5555845316110714414118418017717416015415414914914911411411211010879
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNW
10
SSW
15
S
10
SE
5
E
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
N
5
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
E
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
N
5
WSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
E
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassoncross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffglassononglassglassoffoffoffglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:43AM
2.51
3:20PM
2.31
3:23AM
2.54
3:58PM
2.36
4:01AM
2.55
4:36PM
2.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:08AM
0.35
9:14PM
0.60
9:45AM
0.32
9:53PM
0.59
10:22AM
0.31
10:32PM
0.59
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tue
23
Sunrise-5:48-------5:48-------5:50------
Sunset----5:22-------5:22-------5:22---
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----11------------------
Temp. °C252427292826252423232728282625232222262829262523
Feels °C (?)272630313029282624242930292928242222272929292824
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