Guanacaste Surf

Guanacaste Surf Forecast

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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	Sat	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	El Laberinto Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	15	14	15	16	24	23	21	21	19	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	15	16	15	15
Energy	515	472	218	507	828	647	1325	724	1217	1286	715	951	1002	705	715	1001	677	886	788	720	721	708
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:21AM 2.30		1:37PM 2.63	2:17AM 2.42		2:32PM 2.78		3:11AM 2.53	3:26PM 2.80		4:04AM 2.47	4:19PM 2.66		4:57AM 2.63	5:11PM 2.58		5:50AM 2.62		6:04PM 2.56	6:43AM 2.47		6:58PM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)		7:19AM 0.34		8:05PM 0.06	8:16AM 0.24		8:57PM -0.02	9:12AM 0.18		9:49PM -0.08	10:06AM 0.15		10:39PM -0.05	11:02AM 0.21		11:30PM 0.01	11:58AM 0.28		12:22AM 0.12		12:54PM 0.38	1:13AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	2	-	3	5	-	7	13	-	1	7	4	5	7	4	6	4	-	2	5	-	5	4
High °C	28	30	31	27	29	29	25	28	28	27	28	28	25	28	28	26	29	28	26	30	29	26
Low °C	27	28	30	26	29	28	24	27	28	26	27	27	24	27	27	26	28	27	25	27	27	25
Chill °C (?)	28	30	31	27	29	29	25	28	28	27	28	28	25	28	28	26	29	28	26	30	29	26
Sunrise	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	15	14	15	16	15	14	21	21	19	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	15	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	8	26	15	15	14	14	6	13	12	12	12	6	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	El Laberinto Guanacaste	Ostional Guanacaste	Guiones Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Guiones Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	16	24	24	24	14	23	21	21	21	21	21	21	20
Energy	529	515	551	564	472	293	218	504	545	507	793	1022	828	714	647	706	1223	1325	1133	838	724	959
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:21AM 2.30				1:37PM 2.63				2:17AM 2.42				2:32PM 2.78					3:10AM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)	7:10PM 0.19				7:19AM 0.34				8:04PM 0.06				8:16AM 0.24				8:58PM -0.03					9:12AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	1	-	-	-	-	1	6	41	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	28	27	27	28	31	31	28	27	27	26	26	29	30	29	28	24	24	25	25	27	28
Chill °C (?)	28	28	27	27	28	31	31	28	27	27	26	26	29	30	29	28	24	24	25	25	27	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	21	21	21	13	21	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	8	18	18	8	8	26	16	15	15	15	24	15	24	14	21	13	14	13	21	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	7	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13					Sunday 14
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Tamarindo Guanacaste	El Laberinto Guanacaste	Ostional Guanacaste
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14
Energy	518	533	529	523	521	515	510	556	551	575	568	564	568	353	472	354	349	293	293	301	218	500
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								1:21AM 2.30												1:36PM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)		7:11PM 0.19												7:17AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	30	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	30	30	31	31	31	31	29
Chill °C (?)	30	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	30	30	31	31	31	31	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	18	18	18	18	18	18	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	26	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-

Guanacaste Surf Breaks

sandbar

beach and reef

beach

reef

river

reef

point

beach

reef

beach

beach

beach, reef and rivermouth

reef

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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