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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	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Fri
	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	Ostional Rivas Province	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Ostional Rivas Province	Diria Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Guiones Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Playa Naranjo Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Potrero Grande (Ollie's Point) Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Guiones Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	1	3	3	3	2	2	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	18	17	16	15	14	14	14	13	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	7	13	13	13
Energy(?)	393	331	767	392	749	640	597	522	498	118	577	784	165	827	729	546	560	430	7	250	262	232
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	on	cross	on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:30PM 2.64	2:59AM 2.39		3:15PM 2.75		3:45AM 2.45	3:59PM 2.76		4:30AM 2.45	4:46PM 2.71		5:20AM 2.42	5:37PM 2.61		6:11AM 2.32		6:29PM 2.45	7:09AM 2.22		7:29PM 2.29	8:13AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)			8:51PM 0.07	8:59AM 0.16		9:36PM -0.02	9:45AM 0.10		10:21PM -0.06	10:31AM 0.11		11:09PM -0.01	11:22AM 0.18		11:59PM 0.08		12:15PM 0.30	12:53AM 0.21		1:15PM 0.43	1:54AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	4	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	1	5	-	-	13	3
High °C	32	30	28	31	29	28	30	29	28	32	30	28	31	30	28	30	29	28	28	29	27	29
Low °C	28	28	25	29	29	26	29	28	26	29	28	25	28	28	26	29	28	26	28	28	26	28
Chill °C (?)	32	30	28	31	29	28	30	29	28	32	30	28	31	30	28	30	29	28	28	29	27	29
Sunrise	5:31	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28
Sunset	-	5:53	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	18	13	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 SW	-	0.2 W	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	8	18	13	17	8	8	13	12	3	18	17	17	5	-	13	8	8	8	7	6	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Ostional Rivas Province	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Ostional Rivas Province	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Las Avellanas Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Ostional Rivas Province
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	579	574	569	589	383	610	587	767	555	661	588	871	395	693	640	591	602	673	678	549	517	317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:14AM 2.30				2:30PM 2.65				2:58AM 2.39					3:15PM 2.73				3:44AM 2.45				4:00PM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)			8:14AM 0.25				8:51PM 0.07				8:58AM 0.16					9:35PM -0.03				9:44AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	25	29	31	34	28	28	27	26	25	29	31	33	29	28	28	26	26	29	30	30	32
Chill °C (?)	25	25	29	31	34	28	28	27	26	25	29	31	33	29	28	28	26	26	29	30	30	32
Sunrise	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.4 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	-	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	8	14	8	18	8	14	18	13	13	13	13	8	13	8	8	8	13	13	8	-	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.1 NW	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	12	4	-	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

	Friday 17
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Ostional Rivas Province	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Ostional Rivas Province	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Las Avellanas Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Ostional Rivas Province
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	18	18	14
Energy(?)	622	586	574	648	395	609	567	372	389	384	378	589	416	520	331	331	431	436	537	782	699	438
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)			2:14AM 2.30												2:30PM 2.64
Low Tide / height (m)									8:14AM 0.26												8:51PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	26	25	25	25	25	26	28	29	31	31	31	33	29	30	29	29	28	28	28	28	27
Chill °C (?)	26	26	25	25	25	25	26	28	29	31	31	31	33	29	30	29	29	28	28	28	28	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	14	8	8	8	8	18	18	8	18	18	18	14	14	19	14	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

Guanacaste Surf Breaks

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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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