Playita surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 02 Jul 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
29.3° C
(Which is 1.0°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: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jul)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (03 Jul)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (03 Jul)3ft (0.9m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)131616161616151515161212121414141414141414181716161616161615151515141414141414141414141313131313131313121212131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)873848845792783716625593579605676621618392288338338241226244244421360475439586560654562523538562536450428410341306309314306316251242232207200189229225253220220257289298390344319290
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
SSW
10
SSW
0
SW
5
NE
5
ESE
0
W
5
N
0
NE
0
S
10
SSW
5
SW
0
ENE
10
SE
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
E
5
ENE
0
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
0
NW
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
SSE
10
S
5
S
0
SSE
0
NE
5
N
5
N
5
NE
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
0
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
W
5
ESE
5
NNE
0
ENE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
glassglassglassglasscrossglassglassoffglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glassglassoffglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:33AM
2.40
8:57PM
2.09
9:22AM
2.33
9:54PM
2.01
10:15AM
2.28
10:55PM
1.98
11:09AM
2.26
11:54PM
2.00
12:04PM
2.29
12:48AM
2.05
12:55PM
2.35
1:37AM
2.14
1:42PM
2.43
2:22AM
2.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:11AM
0.67
2:57PM
0.76
3:00AM
0.80
3:52PM
0.79
3:53AM
0.88
4:49PM
0.78
4:50AM
0.91
5:44PM
0.74
5:46AM
0.90
6:37PM
0.67
6:40AM
0.85
7:25PM
0.58
7:29AM
0.78
8:09PM
0.48
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Sunrise---5:20-------5:20-------5:20-------5:20-------5:22-------5:22-------5:22-------5:22
Sunset-------6:00-------6:00-------6:00-------6:00-------6:00-------6:00-------6:00----
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Rain (mm)
11-111337321-128153---1121----1264-1--1232--1-132-----13331--
Temp. °C262625252728272625252425262827252424252526272726262625252727272625252525272827262626252527272727262525252728282625252525
Feels °C (?)303129293132323129302830313232302828302931313230303129293231323129292928303231313130292931313132302828283132323029292928
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