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Salsa Brava surf break

Salsa Brava surfForecast / Limon / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 19 Jan 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
27.7° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Salsa Brava today?

The current surf forecast for Salsa Brava at 4AM is: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)6ft (1.9m)10s
Afternoon (19 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (19 Jan)5ft (1.6m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
2
ENE
Period(s) (?)1010101010999991010101010999101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)815831763748670530460406406424490553553643630617660674782782703604646666
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
15
N
15
N
10
NW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
WNW
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassoncross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:05PM
0.44
1:50PM
0.43
5:09AM
0.27
2:35PM
0.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:46PM
0.07
10:02PM
0.09
7:06AM
0.26
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise---6:52-------6:52-------6:52----
Sunset------6:30-------6:30-------6:30-
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
431----11----136521---12
Temp. °C262523232628282625242424272727262624222226272725
Feels °C (?)292825252829292827252525292929282926232328292928
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