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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	Sun	Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18
	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 Costa Rica	Ocos Pacific Coast	Las Lisas Pacific Coast	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Punta Roca Caribbean	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Roca Caribbean	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Roca Caribbean	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Burros Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon
Rating	2	1	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	0.5 SW	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	1.5 NE	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	1.2 NE	0.7 NW	1.2 NE	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.8 NNE	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	1.9 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	11	8	8	8	20	18	7	16	8	15	14	7	14	18	16	15	15	14	8	8	9
Energy(?)	264	100	346	383	248	135	249	159	299	180	60	271	60	118	443	449	319	494	451	338	460	586
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:33PM 0.76	9:19AM 1.20		8:54PM 0.05	10:16AM 1.13		10:49PM 1.66	9:41AM 0.42		11:23PM 0.01	10:14AM 0.43			6:10AM 0.88			8:08AM 1.04		10:14PM 0.89	8:37AM 1.08		10:41PM 0.72
Low Tide / height (m)	12:14AM 0.76	3:32AM 0.46	3:23PM 0.50	1:07AM 0.00	4:32AM 0.48					12:54AM 0.01			7:23PM -0.05	12:44PM 0.24	6:46PM -0.07	8:23PM 0.04		3:22PM 0.04	2:58AM 0.61		3:47PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	mod. rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	1	6	-	4	5	2	1	4
High °C	27	32	26	26	26	28	24	26	27	26	23	28	26	23	28	24	23	26	22	25	24	24
Low °C	24	27	26	24	26	26	23	26	26	24	23	27	24	23	25	22	23	22	21	25	24	23
Chill °C (?)	27	32	26	26	26	28	24	26	27	26	23	28	26	23	28	24	23	26	22	25	24	24
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:39	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.5 SW	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	-	0.3 SSE	0.7 WNW	1.2 NE	0.7 NW	1.2 NE	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 NNE	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	1.9 NE
Period (s)	9	11	8	8	-	9	5	7	16	8	14	14	7	14	18	13	15	15	14	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.1 N	0.3 SSE	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	10	-	-	-	10	18	11	7	9	15	13	8	6	13	16	13	8	12	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	1.5 NE	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	-	-	8	5	-	-	4	-	6	5	-	-	9	-	-	6	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 12								Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14
	9PM	0AM	3AM	7AM	9AM	11AM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Ocos Pacific Coast	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Ocos Pacific Coast	Celestino Sinaloa	Las Lisas Pacific Coast	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Egg Island Eleuthera	Punta Roca Caribbean	Playa Negra Limon	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Pascuales Colima
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	1.1 W	0.6 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.0 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	9	12	9	9	12	11	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	7	8	19	18	18	18	17	17
Energy(?)	220	264	226	395	201	70	69	294	294	383	368	354	346	228	223	202	213	249	236	231	322	86
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	low-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		9:06PM 1.50							9:59PM 0.18				9:06AM 0.41					9:25PM 0.82			6:27AM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)								4:15PM 0.12			1:07AM 0.00			10:24AM 0.29	3:56PM -0.03	6:01PM 0.09			1:40AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	26	24	24	25	20	33	25	24	25	24	24	24	23	26	25	24	24	24	23	24	26
Chill °C (?)	23	26	24	24	25	20	33	25	24	25	24	24	24	23	26	25	24	24	24	23	24	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.1 W	0.7 W	1.6 ENE	1.0 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 NNE	-	1.3 ENE	0.5 NW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.3 W
Period (s)	12	9	10	9	9	12	10	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	-	8	19	5	5	18	17	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	8	12	12	-	11	7	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	8	18	18	5	5	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NE	-	0.7 WNW	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	5	-	5	5	5	-

	Sunday 11	Monday 12
	7PM	8PM	9PM	11PM	11PM	11PM	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Ocos Pacific Coast	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Ocos Pacific Coast	Celestino Sinaloa	Las Lisas Pacific Coast	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Egg Island Eleuthera	Punta Roca Caribbean	Playa Negra Limon	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Pascuales Colima
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.9 W	0.6 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.7 E	1.5 NE	1.6 ENE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	9	12	8	9	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	14	14	14	14	14	11
Energy(?)	189	199	166	383	269	84	105	355	355	386	395	395	395	64	242	372	159	159	159	159	158	114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																				1:27PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	27	26	26	26	19	24	22	22	24	24	24	24	23	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	24	27	26	26	26	19	24	22	22	24	24	24	24	23	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.9 W	0.6 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.7 E	-	1.6 ENE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	9	12	8	9	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	-	9	14	14	14	14	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SE	-	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	8	12	7	-	12	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	1.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	9

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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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