Costa Rica Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

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	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			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	Hammerhead Nayarit	Jacmel South Coast	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Indicas Great Abaco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Playa Negra Limon	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Playa Negra Limon	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Mariatos Veraguas
Rating	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.8 SE	1.7 NE	2.0 E	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	0.4 SW	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.5 S	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.4 SW	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.5 SW	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.5 SW	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	6	8	9	8	8	11	9	8	12	8	8	15	8	8	15	8	8	13	8	8	13
Energy(?)	138	54	329	645	179	202	35	386	330	108	368	315	65	274	268	142	274	221	133	281	311	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				7:24AM 1.76		7:45PM 1.19	8:06AM 1.57		8:25PM 1.19	8:45AM 1.57		8:34PM 0.67	9:02AM 1.00		9:18PM 0.69		2:37PM 0.39	12:24AM 0.79	7:21AM 0.30	5:45PM 2.04	12:59AM 1.11	7:23AM 0.33
Low Tide / height (m)		3:12PM 0.06	8:58PM -0.06		3:29PM 0.08	1:35AM 0.06			2:12AM 0.06			2:17AM 0.16		3:39PM 0.21	3:01AM 0.19				9:58AM 0.28		6:02PM 0.32	11:06AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	5	-
High °C	23	27	27	25	27	25	24	27	27	31	27	26	24	27	26	24	27	26	24	27	26	30
Low °C	23	25	26	25	26	24	24	27	24	28	26	24	24	26	24	24	27	24	24	27	25	27
Chill °C (?)	23	27	27	25	27	25	24	27	27	31	27	26	24	27	26	24	27	26	24	27	26	30
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:05	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	5:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 SE	0.1 NW	2.0 E	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	0.5 WNW	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.5 S	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.4 NW	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.5 SW	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.5 SW	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	6	8	9	8	8	12	9	8	12	8	8	4	8	8	15	8	8	13	8	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	5	-	-	18	-	-	11	-	-	12	-	-	15	-	-	12	-	-	12	-	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 NE	-	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20
	4AM	6AM	10AM	11AM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	6AM	10AM	12PM	3PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Bahia Solano Pacific	Ticla Michoacan	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Celestino Sinaloa	Hammerhead Nayarit	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Jacmel South Coast	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Negra Limon	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Hammerhead Nayarit	Playa Negra Limon
Rating	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	1.6 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 NNE	1.9 ESE	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.7 WNW	1.6 ENE	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	1.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	8	13	12	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	12	9	13	16	9
Energy(?)	119	202	207	77	98	276	808	277	277	251	261	572	505	472	405	248	315	205	381	118	70	355
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:18AM 2.94						7:05PM 1.18								7:09PM 0.64
Low Tide / height (m)								11:23PM -0.21					1:37PM 0.21							9:08AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	23	26	24	24	23	22	24	20	20	27	25	25	24	23	26	26	21	27	32	24	26
Chill °C (?)	25	23	26	24	24	23	22	24	20	20	27	25	25	24	23	26	26	21	27	32	24	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.1 SE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 NNE	1.9 ESE	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.7 WNW	1.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	8	13	12	8	8	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	12	9	6	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 W	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.5 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	19	-	17	16	16	16	-	-	11	-	13	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	2.0 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 N	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	8	7	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	-

	Thursday 18
	2AM	2AM	4AM	3AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	6PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Bahia Solano Pacific	Ticla Michoacan	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Celestino Sinaloa	Hammerhead Nayarit	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Jacmel South Coast	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Negra Limon	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Hammerhead Nayarit	Playa Negra Limon
Rating	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.7 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 NNE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.5 SW	1.1 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	8	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	8	8	12	8	13	12	8
Energy(?)	71	186	192	81	123	212	231	36	192	204	154	600	613	627	628	159	155	83	144	99	78	114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						6:47AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)												12:55PM 0.22								7:46PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	24	26	19	23	21	21	27	22	22	28	24	24	24	24	27	27	24	25	27	24	24
Chill °C (?)	25	24	26	19	23	21	21	27	22	22	28	24	24	24	24	27	27	24	25	27	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	6:24	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.1 NW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.5 SW	1.1 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	8	13	13	9	9	6	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	13	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 WNW	0.2 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.1 N
Period (s)	5	7	-	4	5	9	9	9	-	-	10	14	14	14	14	5	5	6	5	6	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	-	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 NNE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	6	6	-	6	6	7	8	8	9	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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