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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	Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	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	Diria Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Ostional Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Tamarindo Guanacaste
Rating	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s)	17	13	16	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	18	18	18	19	18	17	17	16	16
Energy	777	246	1316	1414	2035	1372	1610	1847	1385	1168	1179	1013	1067	1275	1425	1555	1644	1809	2018	1720	1500	1458
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:03PM 2.28	2:38AM 2.05		2:43PM 2.30		3:17AM 2.07	3:22PM 2.30		3:56AM 2.20	4:01PM 2.28		4:36AM 2.19	4:40PM 2.25		5:16AM 2.07	5:19PM 2.19		5:56AM 2.05	5:58PM 2.12		6:36AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)			8:29PM 0.34	8:33AM 0.56		9:08PM 0.31	9:13AM 0.51		9:45PM 0.30	9:52AM 0.54		10:23PM 0.32	10:32AM 0.58		11:03PM 0.34	11:11AM 0.60		11:41PM 0.40	11:52AM 0.65		12:18AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	2	6	5	1	2	2	-	1	4	1	4	5	8	12	5	2	2	14	1	5	42	61
High °C	30	30	28	29	29	28	29	29	28	29	30	27	29	29	26	29	29	26	29	28	27	24
Low °C	30	29	27	29	29	27	29	29	27	29	29	26	29	26	26	28	27	25	27	27	25	24
Chill °C (?)	30	30	28	29	29	28	29	29	28	29	30	27	29	29	26	29	29	26	29	28	27	24
Sunrise	5:20	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	17	13	16	15	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	18	18	18	16	18	17	17	16	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	13	17	13	20	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	19	10	9	9	19	6	7	7	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 30							Sunday 31								Monday 01
	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	Guiones Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Playa Pelada Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Las Avellanas Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Camaronal Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Junquillal Guanacaste	Guiones Guanacaste
Rating	3	3	3	3	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	14	14	17	17	13	13	16	16	16	16	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17
Energy	538	537	777	892	246	500	1294	1316	1658	1723	1414	1920	2035	2066	1368	1372	1503	1487	1610	1965	1847	1815
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:57AM 1.85				2:03PM 2.28				2:38AM 2.16				2:43PM 2.30					3:17AM 2.07				3:21PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)			7:52AM 0.56				8:29PM 0.34				8:33AM 0.56					9:08PM 0.31				9:12AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	-	1	2	2	1	-	-	1	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	27	27	30	29	30	29	28	27	27	27	29	30	29	28	28	28	27	27	29	30	29	28
Chill °C (?)	27	27	30	29	30	29	28	27	27	27	29	30	29	28	28	28	27	27	29	30	29	28
Sunrise	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SW	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	14	14	17	17	13	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	7	7	13	13	17	13	13	13	21	20	20	20	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Guiones Guanacaste	Guiones Guanacaste	Guiones Guanacaste	Guiones Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Diria Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Playa Pelada Guanacaste	Playa Pelada Guanacaste	Avellanas Rivermouth Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Brasilito Guanacaste	Playa Pelada Guanacaste	Playa Pelada Guanacaste	Las Avellanas Guanacaste	Guiones Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste	Flamingo Point Guanacaste
Rating	3	3	3	3	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	17	14	14	17	17	17	17	17	17	13	13	17	17	13	16	16	16	16
Energy	278	538	538	530	599	537	533	777	777	680	892	892	868	246	246	805	888	500	875	1211	1294	1372
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:57AM 1.85													2:03PM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)								7:52AM 0.56													8:29PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
High °C	27	28	27	27	27	27	27	29	30	31	29	29	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	27	28	27	27	27	27	27	29	30	31	29	29	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	7	14	14	14	13	14	14	17	17	13	17	17	17	13	13	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	14	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	17	13	13	13	17	17	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	6	6

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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