Playa Valor surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 20 Mar 2026 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
29.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa Valor today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Valor at 5AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)131313131313121515141413131313131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)222222219215215209148150150333311356350280276276268259193187184184180139
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
SSW
15
S
5
S
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
WNW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
5
NW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
onoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:14AM
2.76
4:31PM
3.01
4:56AM
2.74
5:13PM
2.98
5:40AM
2.67
5:58PM
2.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:07PM
0.06
10:17AM
0.12
10:48PM
0.02
10:59AM
0.14
11:32PM
0.06
11:43AM
0.21
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---5:41-------5:41-------5:41----
Sunset------5:49-------5:49-------5:49-
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C272524242931302827252424303231282625242428313128
Feels °C (?)312724242930313129262424313332302726242429313130
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