Tamarindo surf break

Tamarindo surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 20 Apr 2026 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
29.5° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tamarindo today?

The current surf forecast for Tamarindo at 12AM is: 0.8m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)--
Afternoon (21 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
1
3
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)131717171716161616161615151514141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)326394394394385823768793783773754715657543529521514431431425395378307307
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SSW
10
SE
15
E
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
WNW
25
SW
20
SSW
10
SSE
15
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
15
W
20
SW
15
S
15
S
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
E
5
SE
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:46PM
2.71
5:19AM
2.40
5:36PM
2.60
6:11AM
2.32
6:29PM
2.45
7:08AM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:09PM
-0.02
11:21AM
0.18
11:59PM
0.08
12:15PM
0.30
12:53AM
0.21
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise-----5:30-------5:28-------5:28--
Sunset5:53-------5:53-------5:53-------
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------1-------2431-
Temp. °C312930282726303230292928262630303028282726262830
Feels °C (?)312933292827313330303229282832313129303130293232
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