Quepos surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 21 Mar 2026 CST
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Quepos surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Quepos sea temperature is
30.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Quepos today?

The current surf forecast for Quepos at 8PM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

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

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)121515141413131313131313121212121212151515111413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)198209212417453434427427421345339324239235232184180180167222167125145141
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
SSE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
0
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
5
NE
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glassoffoffoffonononglassglassoffoffoffglassononglassglassglassoffoffonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:24PM
2.98
4:49AM
2.72
5:06PM
2.95
5:34AM
2.64
5:51PM
2.84
6:22AM
2.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:42PM
0.03
10:52AM
0.15
11:25PM
0.07
11:36AM
0.23
12:12AM
0.17
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise-----5:39-------5:39-------5:39--
Sunset5:46-------5:46-------5:46-------
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--2---------------------
Temp. °C292726242424293030282726252529303028272626252930
Feels °C (?)323029252525313132323129272631323232312928263132
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