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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	Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thu
	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 Costa Rica	Mariatos Veraguas	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Chacahua Oaxaca	El Paredon Pacific Coast	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Cañaveral Caribbean	Cañaveral Caribbean	Playa Negra Limon	Delray Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Indicas Great Abaco	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	1	3	3	1	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	1.7 NNW	2.5 NNE	2.3 NNE	1.9 NNE	0.6 S	1.1 WNW	1.4 NNE	0.7 SE	1.3 WNW	2.4 NNE	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	6	14	14	13	13	13	12	6	6	9	12	12	14	18	12	9	16	9	14
Energy(?)	297	257	235	36	227	271	363	302	252	210	114	231	1182	2705	1091	150	948	604	75	928	884	497
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:30PM 0.93	7:24AM 1.54	1:38PM 2.85	12:48AM 2.64	8:09AM 1.12		10:11PM 0.96	8:49AM 1.14		2:39AM 2.45	7:53AM 1.01		10:51PM 0.96	9:59AM 1.07		11:09PM 0.95	10:30AM 0.99	5:45PM 3.57		5:59AM 3.39
Low Tide / height (m)		2:11PM 0.02	2:09AM 0.69			6:30PM 0.59		3:21PM -0.05		3:11AM 0.57	3:52PM -0.01	8:26PM 0.28		4:20PM 0.06		4:12AM 0.49	4:42PM 0.15		4:41AM 0.47		11:53PM 0.27	12:07PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	5	9	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	30	28	22	19	26	22	27	27	26	29	25	24	21	12	12	24	28	19	28	27	26	27
Low °C	27	25	20	17	25	21	25	27	23	26	24	23	21	12	10	24	25	18	26	26	26	23
Chill °C (?)	30	28	22	19	26	22	27	27	26	29	25	24	21	10	10	24	28	19	28	27	26	27
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:41	-	-	6:22	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:27	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	2.5 NNE	2.1 NNE	1.9 NNE	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NNE	0.7 SE	1.3 WNW	-	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	16	15	15	6	14	14	13	13	13	12	8	8	9	12	12	18	18	12	9	16	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.2 E	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.1 SW	0.5 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.3 ESE	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 ESE	0.1 W	0.5 S	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	11	5	11	9	6	6	18	9	8	5	-	16	-	-	-	14	13	9	8	12	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	-	0.8 WNW	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.4 SE	0.4 NNE	1.1 NW	1.7 NNW	-	2.3 NNE	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	2.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	3	-	5	3	-	-	5	6	5	3	6	6	-	12	-	5	-	-	-	-	9	-

	Thursday 29							Friday 30								Saturday 31
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Mariatos Veraguas	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Mariatos Veraguas	Mariatos Veraguas
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	314	250	232	128	416	229	255	235	253	263	247	237	56	213	215	271	253	276	341	344	342	336
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			6:30AM 0.99					9:30PM 0.93			7:23AM 1.06					9:49PM 0.95			8:09AM 1.12		2:40PM 3.07
Low Tide / height (m)	1:35AM 0.75					5:18PM 0.68			2:09AM 0.69								2:41AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	23	23	31	25	22	21	20	20	22	31	18	25	22	21	21	21	23	27	29	27
Chill °C (?)	22	21	23	23	31	25	22	21	20	20	22	31	18	25	22	21	21	21	23	27	29	27
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	15	6	15	15	15	15	6	6	15	15	8	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 E	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	16	16	6	15	11	11	12	11	15	15	6	8	9	6	6	6	6	6	15	18	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	-	-

	Thursday 29
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	6AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	2PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Mariatos Veraguas	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Mariatos Veraguas	Mariatos Veraguas
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	5	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	308	314	314	208	347	174	250	232	232	272	269	177	76	263	257	257	262	262	259	495	495	528
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							6:30AM 0.99					11:08AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		1:35AM 0.75				5:03AM 0.55									2:11PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	23	23	22	21	21	23	25	27	32	17	28	28	27	27	25	24	25	25	25
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	23	23	22	21	21	23	25	27	32	16	28	28	27	27	25	24	25	25	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	16	5	5	16	16	11	5	15	15	15	15	16	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	16	11	11	16	16	6	6	6	6	11	10	5	5	5	12	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	-	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 NNE	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	5	-	5	6	3	-	5	5	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	5	5	5	3	3	3

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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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