Punta Burica surf break

Punta Burica surfForecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 08 Oct 2025 EST
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Punta Burica surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Punta Burica sea temperature is
28.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Punta Burica today?

The current surf forecast for Punta Burica at 5PM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (08 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Evening (08 Oct)3ft (0.9m)15s

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

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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
1
3
3
3
3
4
3
1
1
4
3
1
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)1616161515151414141413131313131010121212121277
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)45244676331830930537175285088789210261011995953325320461583559559220222215
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
NNW
15
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
10
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
NNW
10
W
20
W
10
NW
5
NW
5
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
10
W
0
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassonononcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassononononcross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:24PM
3.20
4:40AM
3.47
5:09PM
3.21
5:25AM
3.43
5:56PM
3.14
6:12AM
3.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:14AM
-0.07
10:27PM
0.07
10:58AM
-0.13
11:12PM
0.08
11:44AM
-0.09
11:59PM
0.18
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-------6:18-------6:18-------6:18
Sunset--6:19-------6:17-------6:17-----
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---161-----461-121346101717
Temp. °C272728272625262626272726262525262626262625242423
Feels °C (?)313030292927302930302928292826293030272726252728
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Golfo Dulce

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 26 km away suggest it is still onshore at Punta Burica (light winds from the SW at Puerto Armuelles wx). 0.8m 10s swell from the W with a 0.7m 15s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.6m 12s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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26 km away, 2 h 38 min ago

13 km/h
SW
0.0
28.5
Air / Water (°C)
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