Tamarindo surf break

Tamarindo surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 10 Dec 2025 CST
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Tamarindo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tamarindo sea temperature is
28.4° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tamarindo today?

The current surf forecast for Tamarindo at 5AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm December 10). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Dec)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (11 Dec)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (11 Dec)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)1313131312121212121212121244411117711121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1781761731701231191151151131138179789664241626040242338
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
5
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
20
ENE
10
E
5
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:19AM
2.17
8:00PM
2.25
8:17AM
2.02
8:55PM
2.18
9:18AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:16AM
0.49
1:36PM
0.38
2:16AM
0.59
2:30PM
0.52
3:19AM
0.66
3:26PM
0.64
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunrise---5:50-------5:50-------5:50----
Sunset------5:22-------5:22-------5:22-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262524242729302825242423272929262625242427292927
Feels °C (?)292826262829323227252625273132283028272729303028
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