Tamarindo surf break

Tamarindo surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 13 Apr 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
29.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tamarindo today?

The current surf forecast for Tamarindo at 10PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 13). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 10s 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 cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)--
Afternoon (13 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (13 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
1
2
0
2
2
3
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)141415151614161616161615151515151818181817161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18612013512113089258318314310310331322318275275454448329408510480463437
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
5
E
10
SE
15
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
20
SSW
15
S
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise-----5:33-------5:31-------5:31--
Sunset5:53-------5:53-------5:53-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C333229272626293232302927262530323029292726253032
Feels °C (?)323028272627283234323026272630333031302827262932
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