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 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			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	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Isla Grande Colón	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Isla Grande Colón	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Jacmel South Coast	Hammerhead Nayarit	Playa Negra Limon	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Mariatos Veraguas	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Negra Limon	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	4	3	1	3	3	2	2	3	1	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	1.1 NE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 ENE	1.2 NE	1.8 ESE	0.5 SSW	2.0 ENE	2.1 NE	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.7 ENE	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	14	14	7	18	16	7	9	8	12	9	10	15	13	9	13	16	9	16	16	15	14
Energy(?)	111	252	260	196	434	351	141	223	618	112	666	799	245	258	497	112	308	486	161	190	419	442
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:38PM 0.87			1:30AM 1.86	8:08AM 1.04		10:14PM 0.89	7:21AM 0.88			12:29PM 0.40	3:33PM 2.48		9:35AM 1.08		11:15PM 0.90	10:06AM 1.04			9:26AM 0.36
Low Tide / height (m)		2:33PM 0.12	2:18AM 0.67	7:19AM 0.48		7:09PM 0.58		3:22PM 0.04	2:58AM 0.61		3:47PM 0.04	9:57PM 0.78			12:51AM -0.27	3:49AM 0.56	4:35PM 0.10		4:20AM 0.54	5:06PM 0.20	10:01PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	8	-	-	1	-	-	-	8	10	-	-	7	-	-	5	-	2	-	-
High °C	27	28	24	27	28	24	27	27	25	24	26	26	30	28	27	30	28	25	32	27	23	30
Low °C	26	26	22	26	27	22	27	27	24	24	25	24	28	26	25	28	26	23	27	26	22	27
Chill °C (?)	27	28	24	27	28	24	27	27	25	24	26	26	30	28	27	30	28	25	32	27	23	30
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	6:40	-	-	6:42	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	1.1 NE	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.1 NW	1.3 SE	0.8 WNW	2.0 ENE	2.1 NE	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.7 ENE	0.4 SE	0.7 WNW	1.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	6	14	14	7	18	13	7	6	8	14	9	10	11	13	9	7	16	9	13	16	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.0 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 NNW	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	-	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	5	14	6	13	5	6	-	-	12	-	-	15	11	-	13	5	-	16	4	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NE	1.8 ESE	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.3 NE	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.6 WNW	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	4	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	-	3	6	-	3

	Thursday 15							Friday 16								Saturday 17
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	7AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	6PM	10PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Jacmel South Coast	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Isla Grande Colón	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Burros Nayarit	Isla Grande Colón	Jacmel South Coast
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.3 SSW	1.0 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.9 N	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 NE	0.4 SW	1.4 SE	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NE	1.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	16	6	6	14	14	14	8	14	14	7	13	7	16	16	16	16	15	8	8
Energy(?)	312	332	302	69	99	63	250	260	249	783	241	83	184	73	262	351	504	534	491	290	116	284
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	high	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:04AM 0.95					9:38PM 0.87		5:58AM 0.81	7:37AM 1.00					9:55PM 0.88			8:08AM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)	2:00AM 0.70								2:18AM 0.67								2:36AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	22	24	30	26	27	24	23	23	8	24	26	27	26	24	22	22	22	24	26	27	25
Chill °C (?)	23	22	24	30	26	27	24	23	23	5	24	26	27	26	24	22	22	22	24	26	27	25
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.6 N	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.1 NNW	0.4 SW	1.0 SE	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NE	-
Period (s)	16	5	15	6	6	6	14	14	14	8	13	6	6	13	7	13	16	16	16	15	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 NE	0.2 SSW	-	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 NNW	-
Period (s)	15	15	5	16	-	12	14	14	14	9	14	14	7	9	-	5	13	13	13	13	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.0 NW	-	-	1.0 SE	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	1.9 N	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	1.4 SE	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	1.6 SE
Period (s)	6	5	-	-	6	-	5	-	-	8	-	-	-	4	7	-	8	-	-	5	-	8

	Thursday 15
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	6AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	11AM	11AM	1PM	2PM	2PM	4PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Jacmel South Coast	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Isla Grande Colón	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Burros Nayarit	Isla Grande Colón	Jacmel South Coast
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.3 ENE	0.7 NW	0.3 SW	1.4 NE	0.1 SW	1.0 SE	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	1.3 NE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	6	6	10	15	15	15	8	14	11	8	16	6	14	14	14	14	14	8	6
Energy(?)	353	312	312	28	96	45	333	301	302	13	294	25	224	20	99	242	242	235	235	111	186	35
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)								7:04AM 0.95
Low Tide / height (m)		2:00AM 0.70																				10:38PM -0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	24	23	23	24	23	24	22	23	24	17	27	25	27	27	26	27	27	26	25	24	25	25
Chill °C (?)	24	23	23	24	23	24	22	23	24	16	27	25	27	27	26	27	27	26	25	24	25	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 SSE	0.7 NW	0.2 WNW	1.4 NE	0.1 SW	0.7 SE	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	1.3 NE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	6	16	16	6	6	6	5	15	15	4	14	5	8	16	6	14	14	14	14	6	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 ENE	0.5 WNW	0.3 SW	0.1 N	0.2 S	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	16	15	15	10	-	10	15	5	5	8	5	11	8	8	-	5	5	5	5	14	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.9 ESE	-	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	-	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	1.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	3	6	-	5	5	-	4	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	-

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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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