Guanacaste Surf

Detailed Guanacaste surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Guanacaste. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Guanacaste. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Guanacaste over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Guanacaste and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Guanacaste Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Guanacaste Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Guanacaste coastline are also listed below.

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Guanacaste Wavefinder

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	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Ostional Rivas Province	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Ostional Rivas Province	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	El Estero Guanacaste	Ostional Rivas Province	Guiones Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Potrero Grande (Ollie's Point) Guanacaste
Rating	4	4	4	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.1 NW	1.2 SSW	0.1 W	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	7	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	9	16	14	13	15	14	14	15	13
Energy(?)	1213	1514	1383	2	1198	5	568	752	564	363	413	361	290	49	668	601	454	226	261	465	407	139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	on	glass	off	on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:15PM 1.82	12:28AM 1.98		1:05PM 2.00	1:18AM 2.10		1:46PM 2.19	2:02AM 2.23		2:26PM 2.38	2:44AM 2.34		3:04PM 2.54		3:25AM 2.42	3:44PM 2.66		4:07AM 2.46	4:25PM 2.71		4:48AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)			6:16PM 0.79	6:49AM 0.60		7:10PM 0.64	7:32AM 0.48		7:55PM 0.47	8:11AM 0.35		8:37PM 0.31	8:50AM 0.24		9:19PM 0.17	9:29AM 0.15		10:01PM 0.08	10:10AM 0.12		10:42PM 0.03	10:50AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-
High °C	31	29	27	29	29	27	31	29	27	31	30	28	31	30	29	31	29	28	30	28	28	29
Low °C	29	28	25	28	27	25	28	27	25	28	28	25	29	28	25	29	29	24	27	28	24	27
Chill °C (?)	31	29	27	29	29	27	31	29	27	31	30	28	31	30	29	31	29	28	30	28	28	29
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	5:53	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	16	14	13	13	12	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	18	11	16	8	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	9	15	16	15	15	14	14	15	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	0.9 NE	-	-	0.3 NW
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	7

	Sunday 15					Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wed
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Guanacaste	El Estero Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Ostional Rivas Province	Ostional Rivas Province	Brasilito Guanacaste	Las Avellanas Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.1 W	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 W	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	17	16	17	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	14	14
Energy(?)	1231	1287	1514	1647	1444	1383	1359	1158	1321	1194	8	1041	943	985	808	798	793	553	528	9	671	564
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:15PM 1.82				12:29AM 1.98				1:04PM 1.99				1:18AM 2.11				1:47PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)					6:18PM 0.79				6:50AM 0.60				7:09PM 0.64				7:32AM 0.48				7:55PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	31	29	27	27	26	25	25	28	30	28	27	27	26	26	25	28	31	34	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	28	31	29	27	27	26	25	25	28	30	28	27	27	26	26	25	28	31	34	27	27	27
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	15	16	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 W	0.2 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	8	16	8	8	16	7	16	11	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

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	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Guanacaste	El Estero Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Ostional Rivas Province	Ostional Rivas Province	Brasilito Guanacaste	Las Avellanas Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.2 NNW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	-	-	0.3 W	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.3 NW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	-	-	8	18	17	8	16	16
Energy(?)	1327	1238	1213	1340	1339	1281	1269	1296	1514	1421	37	2200	1965	1587	0	0	11	1058	1047	10	1359	1248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	on	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							12:16PM 1.83												12:29AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)													6:16PM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	27	29	31	31	31	30	29	29	29	29	27	27	27	27	27	27	25	24	25	25	25
Chill °C (?)	25	27	29	31	31	31	30	29	29	29	29	27	27	27	27	27	27	25	24	25	25	25
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	18	18	11	11	11	11	11	11	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Guanacaste Surf Breaks

sandbar

beach and reef

beach

reef

river

reef

point

beach

reef

beach

beach

beach, reef and rivermouth

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beach and reef

beach

point

beach

reef

beach

beach

beach

beach and point

reef

Potrero Grande (Ollie's Point)

point/river

Raps

reef

Roca Bruja - Witch's Rock

river

Scardog Reef

reef

Tamarindo

river

Playa Avellanas, situated along the northern coast of Costa Rica is a world-renowned destination for surfing. It offers easy and fast access to Playa Grande, Playa Tamarindo, Playa Langosta, Playa Negra and Junquillal making it a perfect surf camp vacation destination. Playa Avellanas stands out as one of the best surfing locations in Costa Rica with a half dozen or more surf spots; offering point breaks, beach breaks and reef breaks all year around, with predominant off shore winds during summer(La Purruja, El Beachbreak, Palo Seco, El Estero, Little Hawaii and Golfo Persico).

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