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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	Sun	Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26
	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	Diria Guanacaste	Playa Naranjo Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Playa Naranjo Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Ostional Rivas Province	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Guiones Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Guiones Guanacaste	Guiones Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Guiones Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste
Rating	3	1	3	3	1	3	3	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	7	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	18	17	16	16
Energy(?)	513	122	648	731	166	792	723	337	526	437	7	332	325	247	302	180	191	227	402	422	481	476
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:30AM 2.45	4:46PM 2.46		5:19AM 2.40	5:37PM 2.61		6:12AM 2.33		6:29PM 2.45	7:08AM 2.22		7:30PM 2.30	8:13AM 2.14		8:35PM 2.16	9:22AM 2.10		9:47PM 2.03	10:32AM 2.11		10:58PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)	10:21PM -0.05	10:31AM 0.11		11:10PM -0.02	11:21AM 0.18		12:01AM 0.08		12:15PM 0.30	12:53AM 0.21		1:15PM 0.44	1:54AM 0.34		2:23PM 0.56	3:00AM 0.46		3:37PM 0.63		4:08AM 0.53	4:52PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	9	-	-	9	6	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	1
High °C	28	33	31	30	33	30	29	32	30	28	29	29	28	29	28	27	29	29	28	29	29	28
Low °C	26	30	29	26	30	29	26	28	29	26	28	28	26	28	28	26	28	28	26	29	28	27
Chill °C (?)	28	33	31	30	33	30	29	32	30	28	29	29	28	29	28	27	29	29	28	29	29	28
Sunrise	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 NW	0.4 NNW	0.3 SW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	6	6	17	13	8	4	6	8	4	8	4	16	7	7	7	3	7	19	18	17	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.2 W	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	7	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	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	Guiones Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Guiones Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Playa Naranjo Guanacaste	Ostional Rivas Province	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Playa Naranjo Guanacaste	Ostional Rivas Province	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	621	513	572	572	660	643	112	357	709	773	716	829	760	909	160	525	780	723	669	552	542	528
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	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
High Tide / height (m)				4:31AM 2.45				4:47PM 2.74				5:19AM 2.40				5:37PM 2.63					6:11AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)		10:21PM -0.06				10:32AM 0.11				11:09PM -0.02				11:22AM 0.18				11:59PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	28	27	26	29	32	34	32	29	28	27	26	30	32	35	31	29	28	27	26	29	31
Chill °C (?)	28	28	27	26	29	32	34	32	29	28	27	26	30	32	35	31	29	28	27	26	29	31
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.3 N	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	12	6	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	8	12	12	7	7	4	6	6	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.2 NNE	0.7 NE	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	2	4	5	-	-	-	4	-	2	4	6	-	-	-	-	6

	Sunday 19	Monday 20
	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	Guiones Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Guiones Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Playa Naranjo Guanacaste	Ostional Rivas Province	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Playa Naranjo Guanacaste	Ostional Rivas Province	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17
Energy(?)	700	581	621	494	520	506	118	299	415	416	416	410	574	658	122	293	648	651	637	720	648	614
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											4:30AM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)					10:21PM -0.06												10:31AM 0.11
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	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	29	28	28	28	28	27	25	27	26	26	26	27	29	30	29	31	32	32	31	31	30
Chill °C (?)	28	29	28	28	28	28	27	25	27	26	26	26	27	29	30	29	31	32	32	31	31	30
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	20	6	12	6	6	6	6	6	17	17	18	18	18	18	6	18	18	18	18	18	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	-	5	5

Guanacaste Surf Breaks

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beach and reef

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Potrero Grande (Ollie's Point)

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Raps

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Roca Bruja - Witch's Rock

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Scardog Reef

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Tamarindo

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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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