Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Tamarindo today (15 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 17s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Tamarindo at 11PM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 15). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (15 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 17s |
| Evening (15 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Tamarindo. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 32°C on Wed morning, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 587 | 553 | 437 | 508 | 502 | 502 | 823 | 644 | 620 | 429 | 418 | 418 | 412 | 412 | 407 | 407 | 401 | 401 | 390 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | off | cross | cross-on | cross | glassy |
High Tide | 5:29PM2.26m | 5:44AM2.39m | 6:09PM2.12m | 6:24AM2.24m | 6:51PM1.97m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:31PM0.34m | 12:03PM0.33m | 00:10AM0.47m | 12:45PM0.47m | |||||||||||||||
 |  | |  |  |  | | | | | | | | | | |  |  | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:42 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Temp °C | 31 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 28 |
Feels °C | 32 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 31 | 35 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 35 | 31 | 30 | 32 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
| kJ | 587 | 553 | 437 | 508 | 502 | 502 | 823 | 644 | 620 | 429 | 418 | 418 | 412 | 412 | 407 | 407 | 401 | 401 | 390 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | N 5 | N 5 | S 8 | S 8 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 |
| kJ | 113 | 113 | 90 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 16 | 25 | 49 | 49 | 92 | 66 | 65 | 80 | 76 | 55 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | W 13 | N 5 | N 5 | S 8 | S 8 | SW 23 | SW 23 | SW 23 | SW 22 | N 5 | SW 22 | SW 21 | SW 21 |
| kJ | 109 | 109 | 106 | 95 | 71 | 151 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 49 | 46 | 86 | 84 | 133 | 123 | 7 | 163 | 162 | 160 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | NNE 4 | — | NNW 12 | N 5 | — | — | — | — | N 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 6 | — | 52 | 11 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 12 | 12 | 7 | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 351 | 8 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Guanacaste | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tamarindo surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest