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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	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Celestino Sinaloa	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Pascuales Colima	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jacmel South Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya
Rating	1	2	2	1	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 S	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	12	20	18	14	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	7	12	12	9	16	14	14
Energy(?)	108	283	256	188	654	775	131	851	733	731	689	526	292	364	302	73	170	202	134	173	206	212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	off	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:09PM 2.97	12:21AM 2.82	11:59AM 0.64		9:30PM 0.97	7:59AM 1.19		10:15PM 0.94	7:28AM 1.24	3:51PM 3.43	10:50PM 1.20	9:07AM 1.15		11:54PM 0.82	9:39AM 1.08		12:32AM 1.07	9:47AM 1.66	6:23PM 3.47	2:39AM 0.76	10:15AM 0.87
Low Tide / height (m)			6:02PM 0.51	6:47AM 0.24	2:38PM -0.07	2:21AM 0.62		3:18PM -0.10	2:51AM 0.64				3:20AM 0.67	4:41PM -0.00		3:46AM 0.69	5:24PM 0.11				6:07PM 0.23	4:18AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	28	25	26	28	24	21	28	24	26	24	24	25	27	24	28	28	27	24	28	24	27
Low °C	26	27	23	26	27	22	20	26	22	25	24	23	23	25	21	27	27	25	22	26	22	26
Chill °C (?)	27	28	25	26	28	24	21	28	24	26	24	24	25	27	24	28	28	27	24	28	24	27
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	6:19	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	6	12	13	6	20	18	6	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	7	12	12	9	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	14	11	12	12	10	14	13	14	14	14	13	11	13	13	-	10	9	13	16	14	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	2	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02					Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Fri
	9AM	1PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	2PM	7PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Indicas Great Abaco	Mariatos Veraguas	Burros Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Burros Nayarit	Celestino Sinaloa	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.0 E	0.6 S	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	12	12	13	13	13	22	22	21	9	12	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	15	16	16	16
Energy(?)	270	178	124	183	291	256	366	446	434	167	183	477	734	775	836	850	963	598	115	63	723	733
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:56AM 1.11		12:03PM 2.37		8:44PM 0.97				7:26AM 1.16		2:07PM 3.13			9:30PM 0.97			7:59AM 1.19					10:15PM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)				4:56PM 0.07			1:48AM 0.59			12:09PM 0.09					2:21AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	24	27	28	25	24	23	23	25	25	26	25	24	23	23	22	24	26	21	25	24	23
Chill °C (?)	25	24	27	28	25	24	23	23	25	25	26	25	24	23	23	22	24	26	21	25	24	23
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 E	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	15	12	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	6	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	15	5	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.3 NNE	0.6 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	8	12	11	11	11	21	7	12	12	10	10	14	14	15	11	5	16	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-

	Tuesday 02																	Wednesday 03
	7AM	9AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	5PM	6PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	3AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Indicas Great Abaco	Mariatos Veraguas	Burros Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Burros Nayarit	Celestino Sinaloa	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	15	15	15	14	12	8	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	6	22	22
Energy(?)	226	132	108	149	324	323	323	320	283	185	204	106	301	291	291	288	258	122	118	86	366	366
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:56AM 1.11									4:54PM 0.80					8:44PM 0.97
Low Tide / height (m)								2:00PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	23	25	26	27	28	29	29	28	28	26	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	22	25	23	23
Chill °C (?)	23	25	26	27	28	29	29	28	28	26	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	22	25	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	6:04	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.9 SW	0.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	12	6	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	6	5	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	6	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.9 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	12	12	8	15	15	15	14	14	8	12	13	14	12	12	12	12	4	4	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

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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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