Punta Barigona Surf Forecast

/ Golfo de Nicoya (40 surf breaks) /

Costa Rica (96 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (9.60° N 85.14° W)

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Punta Barigona surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 18 Aug 2025 CST

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

Today's Punta Barigona sea temperature is 29.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Punta Barigona today?

The current surf forecast for Punta Barigona at 6AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s
Evening (18 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	16s

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

Hourly 12 Days

Golfo de Nicoya Surf

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	Monday 18							Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thu 21
	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	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	17	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	11	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	270	505	456	419	430	546	658	613	548	544	536	517	519	466	477	596	518	485	422	455	424	476	440	455
Wind (km/h)	ENE	SE	E	SSW	SSE	SSE	ESE	E	ENE	ESE	SE	SSE	S	S	SE	SE	NNE	NNE	E	SSE	SSW	WNW	NNE	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				9:46AM 2.31				10:33PM 2.01				11:00AM 2.27				11:49PM 2.06					12:11PM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)		3:22AM 0.62				4:21PM 0.54				4:37AM 0.67				5:34PM 0.52				5:52AM 0.65					6:39PM 0.44

	Monday 18							Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thu 21
Sunrise	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	6	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	1	1	1	-	1	1	2	1	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	24	25	25	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	27	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	27	28	28	27	27	26
Feels °C (?)	29	29	30	31	31	31	30	29	30	29	30	31	31	31	31	32	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	30

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Golfo de Nicoya

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Punta Barigona (light winds from the ENE at Juan Santamaria Airport 111 km from Punta Barigona). 0.6m 6s windswell from the S with a 0.5m 13s groundswell from the SW and a 0.4m 9s swell, also from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 22 minutes ago Punta Barigona

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