Tamarindo surf break

Tamarindo surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 25 Mar 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
28.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tamarindo today?

The current surf forecast for Tamarindo at 5AM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 25). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (26 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (26 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)161515151515151515141414141414131313131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1191071061041041041041341041029910010010068636285858561444239
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
E
10
NE
15
WNW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SSE
15
E
10
NE
10
ENE
20
NE
10
NW
15
WSW
15
S
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
NE
20
ENE
15
N
10
SW
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:38PM
2.31
8:18AM
2.03
8:45PM
2.16
9:32AM
1.97
10:00PM
2.08
10:50AM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:06AM
0.40
2:25PM
0.57
3:15AM
0.51
3:42PM
0.65
4:30AM
0.54
5:03PM
0.65
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise---5:43-------5:43-------5:43----
Sunset------5:53-------5:53-------5:53-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282726242931292827272524293130282927252529323130
Feels °C (?)282828252931292928282725293231292928262628333232
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