Tivives surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 CST
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Tivives surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tivives sea temperature is
29.8° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tivives today?

The current surf forecast for Tivives at 11AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)141414141313131313131313121515141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)338338329297289225222222219215215209148150150333311356350280340276268259
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
S
15
S
10
S
5
E
10
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
5
S
15
S
5
S
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
N
10
SSW
15
S
5
S
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:43AM
2.79
4:01PM
3.04
4:24AM
2.84
4:41PM
3.09
5:06AM
2.82
5:23PM
3.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:46AM
0.16
10:16PM
0.06
10:26AM
0.12
10:58PM
0.02
11:08AM
0.14
11:42PM
0.05
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise-5:43-------5:41-------5:41------
Sunset----5:49-------5:49-------5:49---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252529313028272525253031312826262524303130282725
Feels °C (?)272629323130302525242932313126272524313231312926
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