Tamarindo surf break

Tamarindo surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 22 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
29.0° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tamarindo today?

The current surf forecast for Tamarindo at 11PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 22). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 13s 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.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)--
Afternoon (22 Mar)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (22 Mar)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
NNE
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
N
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)1313131312202020201941218181818181841616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10810810610475971861861341336511552522522521541119129163208208208
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
SSE
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NW
10
WNW
15
S
20
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNW
15
NW
15
SSE
15
SE
15
E
15
E
10
NE
10
ENE
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:06PM
2.69
5:33AM
2.37
5:52PM
2.60
6:21AM
2.27
6:42PM
2.47
7:15AM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:26PM
0.06
11:35AM
0.18
12:13AM
0.15
12:24PM
0.29
1:06AM
0.27
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise-----5:46-------5:45-------5:43--
Sunset5:53-------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)
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Temp. °C322927252524283131292826252429313229282725252931
Feels °C (?)343126242524273131302725262528303230282825273132
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