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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	Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Mon
	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	Camaronal Guanacaste	Scardog Reef Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Guiones Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Playa Pelada Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Nosara Beach Guanacaste
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	17	17	16	20	19	18	18
Energy	787	738	647	564	553	507	343	395	295	350	451	330	345	300	311	877	856	1522	1514	1154	1862	1634
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:03AM 2.30		10:32PM 2.05	11:01AM 2.29		11:31PM 1.94	11:53AM 2.30		12:26AM 1.95		12:38PM 2.23	1:15AM 2.09		1:22PM 2.05	1:58AM 2.13		2:03PM 2.28	2:38AM 2.16		2:43PM 2.30		3:16AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)		4:26PM 0.60		4:38AM 0.62	5:26PM 0.57		5:34AM 0.66		6:20PM 0.52	6:24AM 0.65		7:06PM 0.47	7:10AM 0.63		7:48PM 0.40	7:53AM 0.59		8:28PM 0.35	8:33AM 0.48		9:07PM 0.31	9:12AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	7	1	-	1	-	-	8	6	-	14	1	6	3	1	-	-	-	1	4	-
High °C	31	33	28	30	30	29	29	30	28	29	29	27	28	26	26	29	29	28	30	29	28	29
Low °C	30	30	27	29	29	27	28	28	27	29	29	26	26	26	26	28	29	27	29	29	27	29
Chill °C (?)	31	33	28	30	30	29	29	30	28	29	29	27	28	26	26	29	29	28	30	29	28	29
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	6	17	17	16	15	14	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	8	17	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	14	13	13	21	20	19	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Camaronal Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Scardog Reef Guanacaste	Las Avellanas Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Playa Naranjo Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	787	830	738	706	695	647	582	575	564	626	553	208	515	507	428	361	343	338	395	300	340	295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:02AM 2.20				10:32PM 2.05				10:59AM 2.20				11:31PM 1.94				11:53AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)				4:27PM 0.60				4:38AM 0.62				5:27PM 0.58				5:32AM 0.62					6:20PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2
Temp. °C	30	33	33	30	30	28	27	27	29	31	30	30	29	28	28	27	28	29	30	29	28	28
Chill °C (?)	30	33	33	30	30	28	27	27	29	31	30	30	29	28	28	27	28	29	30	29	28	28
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.2 N	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	8	17	5	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

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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	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	El Laberinto Guanacaste	Scardog Reef Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Ostional Guanacaste	Las Avellanas Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy	712	711	787	737	737	830	710	259	738	744	704	706	697	695	695	655	655	647	646	646	582	582
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					10:02AM 2.21												10:32PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)											4:26PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
High °C	27	29	30	32	33	33	33	33	33	30	30	30	30	30	30	28	28	28	28	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	27	29	30	32	33	33	33	33	33	30	30	30	30	30	30	28	28	28	28	27	27	27
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	17	8	8	5	5	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	2	4	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Guanacaste Surf Breaks

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beach and reef

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reef

river

reef

point

beach

reef

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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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