Tamarindo 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 10.31° N 85.84° W

Issued: 11 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Tamarindo sea temperature is

30.1° C

Tamarindo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Tamarindo today (16 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tamarindo at 3PM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	13s
Afternoon (16 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	13s
Evening (16 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat afternoon. Warm (max 32°C on Sat morning, min 26°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ENE on Fri morning, light winds from the SE by Sat afternoon).
	Thu 16					Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 14	SSW 14	SW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SW 15	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	172	261	326	198	215	103	276	215	75	239	178	178	184	140	295	84	192	164	164	269	298
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	SE	E	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off
High Tide				4:04PM2.62m				4:39AM2.59m				4:53PM2.56m				5:27AM2.59m				5:42PM2.45m
Low Tide		9:54AM0.15m				10:22PM-0.04m				10:47AM0.16m				11:09PM0.01m				11:38AM0.21m


	5:28	—	—	—	—	—	5:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:28	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:08	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
Temp °C	29	31	31	29	28	27	27	26	29	31	31	29	28	27	27	26	29	32	31	29	27
Feels °C	29	31	34	30	28	27	28	26	28	30	32	28	28	26	28	27	29	34	35	32	27
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	S 13	SSW 13	S 14	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 13
kJ	172	261	326	198	215	203	276	215	195	239	178	178	184	222	295	148	192	164	164	269	298
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	N 5	N 5	SW 14	SW 14	SW 12	SW 15	SW 12	SW 12	SW 15	SW 15	SW 11	SW 12	SW 13	SW 13	S 12	S 14	S 14	S 14	N 5	S 7
kJ	77	13	8	158	214	68	104	68	67	75	76	64	68	140	83	75	150	150	146	12	21
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	N 5	SSW 20	SW 14	SW 11	SW 15	SW 15	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 16	S 16	S 16	SW 17	SW 13	SW 13	SW 19	N 5	SW 19	SW 19
kJ	91	91	40	13	37	103	63	104	75	37	52	81	79	81	45	84	61	126	13	129	94
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 5	—	—	—	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 3	NNE 4	NNE 4	N 5	N 5	NNE 5	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	N 5	—	—	N 5
kJ	20	—	—	—	19	18	9	16	17	19	13	20	15	23	29	33	28	19	—	—	12
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	1	2	2
Distance (km)	27	14	0	15	15	15	27	15	27	18	12	14	15	15	15	12	27	0	0	0	15
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	7	7	6	9	9	9	8	8	6	6	6	6	6

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