Playita Surf Forecast

/ Golfo de Nicoya (40 surf breaks) /

Costa Rica (96 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (9.40° N 84.17° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Playita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 13 Sep 2025 CST

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

Today's Playita sea temperature is 29.2° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playita today?

The current surf forecast for Playita at 5AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	20s
Evening (14 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	18s

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

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		Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	382	308	257	261	257	437	596	584	644	907	1093	1081	1056	984	1150	1261	1245	1230	1230	1081	1054	962	949	936
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ENE	E	NE	S	S	SW	N	NE	E	NNW	S	SSE	S	SW	W	N	WNW	N	NE	S	SSW	SSW	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)					7:15AM 2.67				7:52PM 2.34				8:17AM 2.48					9:03PM 2.21				9:31AM 2.34
Low Tide / height (m)			12:57AM 0.43				1:41PM 0.41				1:58AM 0.61				2:48PM 0.55					3:11AM 0.75				4:03PM 0.63

		Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-

Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	3	-	-	1	2	2	1	1	-	1	1	-	1	2	4
Temp. °C	26	26	26	26	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	26	27	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	27	28	27	26
Feels °C (?)	30	31	31	31	33	32	31	33	31	29	27	30	31	32	31	32	30	30	31	31	31	32	31	31

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Golfo de Nicoya

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Playita (light winds from the ESE at San Jose 61 km from Playita). 0.8m 12s groundswell from the SW with a 0.8m 8s swell from the SSW and a 0.5m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 59 minutes ago Playita

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