Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Tamarindo today (23 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 15s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Tamarindo at 3PM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Oct) | 4ft (1.2m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (23 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 15s |
| Evening (23 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Tamarindo. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Fri morning, min 25°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Fri 23 | Saturday 24 | Sunday 25 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 657 | 632 | 503 | 443 | 515 | 515 | 301 | 211 | 279 | 198 | 167 | 217 | 214 | 211 | 215 | 198 | 236 | 178 | 62 | 44 | 84 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross-off | glassy | cross | glassy | off | off | off | off | off | glassy | on | glassy | off | off | off | off | off | cross | glassy | cross-off |
High Tide | 12:24PM1.98m | 00:44AM2.24m | 1:10PM2.09m | 1:25AM2.41m | 1:53PM2.21m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:19AM0.63m | 6:26PM0.59m | 7:04AM0.45m | 7:09PM0.47m | 7:46AM0.28m | 7:51PM0.35m | |||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  |  | |  | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | |
 | 5:31 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:21 | — | — |
mm | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 28 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 27 |
Feels °C | 30 | 32 | 34 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 30 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 15 | SW 14 | SSW 12 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 10 |
| kJ | 657 | 632 | 503 | 443 | 515 | 515 | 301 | 211 | 279 | 169 | 115 | 217 | 214 | 211 | 215 | 198 | 236 | 178 | 99 | 99 | 148 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 6 | S 6 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | S 18 | SSW 18 | S 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 16 | SW 14 | SSW 12 | S 13 | S 11 | SW 14 | SSW 14 | S 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 7 | S 7 | W 10 |
| kJ | 13 | 11 | 106 | 178 | 160 | 62 | 87 | 157 | 123 | 198 | 167 | 111 | 163 | 94 | 167 | 138 | 66 | 127 | 15 | 23 | 30 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 8 | SSW 19 | S 6 | S 6 | S 7 | S 7 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | S 16 | SSW 12 | SSW 16 | S 7 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | S 6 | SSE 6 | S 6 | SSW 6 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
| kJ | 18 | 69 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 147 | 147 | 131 | 115 | 138 | 8 | 42 | 73 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 62 | 44 | 84 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NNE 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | NNW 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | NNW 8 | NE 3 | NE 3 | NNE 3 | NNE 4 | NNE 4 |
| kJ | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Guanacaste | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tamarindo surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest