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Tamarindo surf break

Tamarindo surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 30 Apr 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
30.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tamarindo today?

The current surf forecast for Tamarindo at 9AM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 30). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Afternoon (30 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Evening (30 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.4
SW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SSW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)151415151514142020191813211817161619191314151818181818161616161616161615181818181515151615151416161619181918181818151717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)45614054345654353652939939949743228615951639035443238445053944346245560760751644445443768350242749648947144135248658948644346150347123723118943648949650267179464255354754157613831491
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
ENE
25
ENE
10
NNE
20
SSW
20
S
20
SE
15
SE
10
E
10
NE
5
E
15
SW
20
SW
15
S
20
S
10
SSE
5
SE
5
E
5
NE
15
W
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
NNE
10
W
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
E
5
NNE
10
WSW
15
S
20
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ENE
5
NW
15
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
S
5
SSE
5
S
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
S
0
SSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:17AM
2.51
4:33PM
2.75
5:07AM
2.45
5:24PM
2.62
5:59AM
2.35
6:16PM
2.44
6:55AM
2.23
7:12PM
2.25
7:55AM
2.11
8:13PM
2.08
8:59AM
2.04
9:19PM
1.96
10:05AM
2.02
10:28PM
1.90
11:06AM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:19AM
0.07
10:56PM
-0.07
11:10AM
0.16
11:47PM
0.05
12:04PM
0.30
12:39AM
0.20
1:01PM
0.46
1:36AM
0.36
2:04PM
0.60
2:37AM
0.50
3:13PM
0.70
3:41AM
0.60
4:24PM
0.73
4:43AM
0.65
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Sunrise-5:26-------5:24-------5:24-------5:24-------5:24-------5:24-------5:24-------5:22--
Sunset----5:54-------5:54-------5:54-------5:54-------5:54-------5:54-------5:54-------
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Rain (mm)
----1----1---2-11------13311--11432111521221234-22-32---1352
Temp. °C272730323029292727262930292827272626292929282827262628292928272727272829292827272626282929282727272628282928282727262829
Feels °C (?)282829343130302930293231303029313030333030292929303032323130293131313232313030313031313132323031323032303231323031313232
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