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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	Thu		Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Playa Pelada Guanacaste	Marbella Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s)	14	14	13	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	16	24	20	21	21	19	19	18	18	18	16	16
Energy	397	507	506	593	541	540	649	564	472	530	551	828	610	1316	708	1350	1203	721	942	1055	540	513
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:19PM 1.96	11:42AM 2.40		12:23AM 2.17		12:40PM 2.51	1:21AM 2.30		1:36PM 2.36	2:15AM 2.29		2:32PM 2.67		3:11AM 2.53	3:26PM 2.69		4:04AM 2.47	4:19PM 2.66		4:57AM 2.63	5:11PM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)	5:15PM 0.48		5:18AM 0.52		6:14PM 0.34	6:20AM 0.45		7:11PM 0.19	7:19AM 0.34		8:04PM 0.07	8:16AM 0.24		8:58PM -0.03	9:12AM 0.18		9:48PM -0.06	10:06AM 0.15		10:41PM -0.06	11:02AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	mod. rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	mod. rain	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	3	10	-	7	-	-	2	6	-	3	8	1	6
High °C	29	27	30	29	28	30	30	28	30	29	28	29	28	27	29	29	27	29	28	27	28	28
Low °C	27	27	28	28	27	29	28	27	29	28	26	27	27	26	28	28	26	28	28	25	28	27
Chill °C (?)	29	27	30	29	28	30	30	28	30	29	28	29	28	27	29	29	27	29	28	27	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-
Sunset	6:04	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	16	15	15	14	14	16	15	14	21	21	19	19	18	18	18	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	18	17	16	8	8	8	8	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Nosara Beach Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Nosara Beach Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14
Energy	397	330	390	507	450	440	506	507	593	543	546	541	643	553	540	565	649	546	529	564	552	528
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:19PM 1.96				11:42AM 2.40					12:23AM 2.17				12:40PM 2.51				1:21AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)		5:16PM 0.49				5:19AM 0.55					6:14PM 0.34				6:20AM 0.45				7:10PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	29	28	27	27	26	26	28	30	29	28	28	27	27	27	29	30	30	28	28	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	29	28	27	27	26	26	28	30	29	28	28	27	27	27	29	30	30	28	28	27	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20
Sunset	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	16	13	13	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	18	18	18	17	13	16	16	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Islita Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Islita Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 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	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	435	397	397	395	392	330	330	506	390	384	380	507	500	455	450	446	440	440	440	436	506	428
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)												11:19PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)						5:16PM 0.49												5:19AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	29
Chill °C (?)	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 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	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	18	18	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-

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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