Tamarindo surf break

Tamarindo surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 12 Dec 2025 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 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tamarindo today?

The current surf forecast for Tamarindo at 4PM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am December 12). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (12 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Evening (12 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)125541111111813111277161616127761515157
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)78117442414149252323827979666755232826347510482
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
S
5
SE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
5
ENE
5
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:17AM
2.02
8:55PM
2.18
9:18AM
1.90
9:51PM
2.12
10:21AM
1.83
10:46PM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
0.52
3:19AM
0.66
3:26PM
0.64
4:21AM
0.67
4:23PM
0.71
5:19AM
0.65
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Sunrise5:50------5:50-------5:50-------5:52
Sunset--5:22-------5:22-------5:22-----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------1----
Temp. °C272929272725252527292927262424232629292725242524
Feels °C (?)273033303127272828313129272525252730323127262726
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