Costa Rica Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Costa Rica wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the Costa Rica region.

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	Wed		Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wed
	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 Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Playa Negra Limon	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Ocos Pacific Coast	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	1	3	3	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	2.5 NE	0.7 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	2.3 NE	0.5 SW	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.2 ESE	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.8 ENE	0.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	15	13	13	8	12	12	9	13	9	9	12	12	8	11	8	8	6	13	18	6	16
Energy(?)	229	73	95	213	197	65	187	988	145	421	508	64	144	632	121	338	359	152	85	189	87	311
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			11:19AM 0.76		7:37PM 3.34	7:53AM 3.02						3:31AM 0.81		7:53PM 0.09	8:33AM 0.40		9:52PM 2.27	9:02AM 0.42		9:25PM 0.82	6:27AM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)	4:59PM -0.03	1:02AM 0.46	6:21AM 0.65	6:00PM 0.46	1:49AM 0.60		2:01PM 0.57	12:15AM -0.05	10:53AM 0.78	2:47PM 0.80			3:31PM 0.02	12:55AM -0.01		3:48PM 0.09			1:47PM 0.26	1:40AM 0.72		2:10PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	23	3	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	26	23	27	25	28	27	27	22	26	24	27	28	27	24	26	26	27	29	23	17	28
Low °C	25	25	23	25	24	27	25	26	22	26	23	27	27	25	24	26	24	26	27	22	17	26
Chill °C (?)	26	26	23	27	25	28	27	27	22	26	24	27	28	27	24	26	26	27	29	23	17	28
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	5:52	-	-	7:43	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	7:15	-
Sunset	6:36	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:23	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	-	1.1 NW	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.4 SW	0.7 W	-	0.8 SW	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.8 SE	0.3 SSE	0.6 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.7 NW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	8	12	12	-	7	9	9	12	8	-	6	8	8	6	9	5	6	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 NW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	14	5	11	9	14	6	6	-	13	-	-	6	12	-	11	-	-	-	13	18	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	2.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NE	-	-	0.7 NNW	1.2 ESE	0.3 WNW	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	6	6	4	-	4	5

	Wednesday 07			Thursday 08								Friday 09								Saturday 10
	4PM	7PM	9PM	0AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	7PM	9PM	0AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	7PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Miramar Caribbean	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Playa Negra Limon	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.8 NNW	0.4 SW	1.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	14	11	15	14	14	8	13	14	12	12	9	9	9	9	12	8	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	64	115	277	256	69	106	107	121	159	101	248	204	319	343	339	108	63	255	239	267	201	205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		6:52PM 3.48					7:06AM 3.22							6:55AM 0.31				5:53PM 0.29			2:21AM 0.81
Low Tide / height (m)					1:02AM 0.46			11:45AM 0.12								12:21PM 0.18	1:01PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	26	22	22	26	26	26	26	23	26	22	21	24	24	25	28	27	25	21	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	24	26	22	22	26	26	26	26	23	26	22	21	24	24	25	28	27	25	21	21	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.8 NNW	0.4 SW	1.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	12	11	11	11	14	14	8	13	14	12	12	9	9	9	9	12	8	12	12	6	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.4 NW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 NNE	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.1 NE	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	10	5	14	14	15	11	11	6	6	5	13	7	15	15	14	10	6	13	12	6	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 E	-	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-

	Wednesday 07											Thursday 08
	2PM	3PM	3PM	4PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	11PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	5AM	7AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Miramar Caribbean	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Playa Negra Limon	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 N	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 N	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.0 N	0.3 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	14	15	14	11	6	7	7	7	14	7	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	62	77	229	229	116	115	114	33	164	78	282	256	53	39	39	106	73	47	166	159	159	157
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						6:52PM 3.48												6:11AM 0.37
Low Tide / height (m)																			6:21AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	23	25	22	22	25	24	24	26	23	22	21	21	23	25
Chill °C (?)	24	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	23	25	22	22	25	24	24	26	23	22	21	21	23	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 N	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 N	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.0 N	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	14	12	11	11	6	7	7	7	6	7	5	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 NNE	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	15	5	14	14	5	5	5	6	12	5	14	14	7	6	6	6	11	6	13	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Alabama	Guadeloupe	Puerto Rico
Anguilla	Haiti	Rhode-Island
Barbados	Jamaica	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Bermuda	Martinique	Saint Lucia
British Virgin Islands	Maryland	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Massachusetts	The Bahamas
Delaware	Montserrat	Turks and Caicos Islands
Dominican Republic	New-Jersey	US Virgin Islands
Florida	New-York	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina
Grenada	Pennsylvania

California	Mexico	Oregon
Louisiana	Minnesota	Texas

Aruba	Ecuador	Peru
Brazil	French Guiana	Trinidad and Tobago
Colombia	Netherlands Antilles	Venezuela

Belize	Guatemala Pacific Coast	Nicaragua
Bocas del Toro	Guerrero	Oaxaca
Cayman Islands Grand Cayman	Gulf of Panama	Panama
Colima	Haiti South Coast	Panama Veraguas
Colon	Honduras Mainland	Rivas Province
El Salvador Costa del Balsamo	Jalisco	Sinaloa
Eleuthera Bahamas	Jamaica	South Florida
Golfo Dulce	Leon Province	Texas
Golfo de Nicoya	Limon	Tola Province
Great Abaco Bahamas	Michoacan	Veraguas
Guanacaste	Nayarit

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