Tamarindo surf break

Tamarindo surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 04 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
27.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Tamarindo today?

The current surf forecast for Tamarindo at 4PM is: 0.4m 4s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am December 04). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (04 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Evening (04 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
NNE
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)124441616161514141414141418181813131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37663641221181041031031031381389712412312312011611610410310299
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
15
ENE
5
ESE
5
S
5
ENE
10
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
5
ENE
5
WSW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
5
WNW
10
WSW
5
S
10
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcrossglassoffoffoffoffglassglasscross-
on
glassoffoffoffglassglasscross-
on
glassoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:50PM
2.30
2:06AM
2.71
2:43PM
2.39
2:58AM
2.74
3:35PM
2.46
3:50AM
2.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:41AM
0.07
7:49PM
0.21
8:33AM
-0.04
8:43PM
0.14
9:23AM
-0.09
9:37PM
0.13
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise5:46------5:47-------5:47-------5:48
Sunset--5:20-------5:20-------5:20-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------1----
Temp. °C272929272625242427292926252423232628272625242424
Feels °C (?)273132313027262628323229292724252931293028272727
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