Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Tamarindo today (15 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Tamarindo at 11PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (15 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 14s |
| Evening (15 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Tamarindo. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 42mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 15 | Friday 16 | Saturday 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 14 | SW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 20 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 401 | 395 | 347 | 328 | 306 | 388 | 450 | 529 | 649 | 628 | 727 | 799 | 703 | 763 | 834 | 1000 | 786 | 854 | 964 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | glassy | glassy | cross-off | off | off | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | off |
High Tide | 5:39PM2.10m | 5:50AM2.21m | 6:21PM1.98m | 6:32AM2.08m | 7:08PM1.87m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:38PM0.52m | 12:11PM0.44m | 00:20AM0.64m | 12:55PM0.56m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:24 | — | — |
mm | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Temp °C | 29 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
Feels °C | 33 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 31 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 401 | 395 | 347 | 328 | 264 | 261 | 257 | 529 | 649 | 628 | 727 | 799 | 703 | 763 | 834 | 1000 | 786 | 854 | 964 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 19 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | S 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 |
| kJ | 37 | 25 | 21 | 312 | 306 | 388 | 450 | 257 | 253 | 178 | 178 | 175 | 175 | 134 | 132 | 27 | 29 | 40 | 41 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 11 | SW 21 | SW 21 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 6 | S 6 | W 13 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 |
| kJ | 29 | 160 | 214 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 28 | 13 | 101 | 69 | 69 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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