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Salsa Brava surf break

Salsa Brava surfForecast / Limon / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 EST
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Salsa Brava surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Salsa Brava sea temperature is
28.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Salsa Brava today?

The current surf forecast for Salsa Brava at 8AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)888888888887777777777666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)132626252525252434333230293030333231313029344049
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
0
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
W
10
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:45AM
0.51
5:13PM
0.22
3:36AM
0.51
6:01PM
0.22
4:28AM
0.50
6:49PM
0.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:47AM
-0.04
8:22PM
0.20
11:36AM
-0.04
9:31PM
0.19
12:23PM
-0.03
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise---6:18-------6:18-------6:16----
Sunset------6:40-------6:40-------6:40-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252423232728282726242424272928272625242427292827
Feels °C (?)292825242929303129262626303130313028272629313031
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