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	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Morro Negrito Veraguas	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Egg Island Eleuthera
Rating	3	4	4	2	4	4	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	16	15	14	16	16	15	16	14	14	15	13	13	14	15	14	13	18	16	8
Energy(?)	607	1081	959	385	959	1015	337	740	905	508	714	582	393	434	304	357	384	477	314	578	670	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- on	off	glass	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:23AM 0.72			10:40AM 1.52		6:48PM 0.91	8:57AM 0.93		11:00PM 0.60	10:03AM 0.66	1:55PM 2.84	12:07AM 0.64			8:38PM 1.13		1:52PM 0.84	2:14AM 0.68		3:01PM 1.35	9:53PM 1.08	3:25AM 2.54
Low Tide / height (m)		4:16PM 0.65	12:42AM 0.36	4:01AM 0.61	5:19PM 0.56	2:01AM 0.12		2:06PM 0.61				6:32PM 0.33	6:08AM 0.23	2:48PM 0.43		7:24AM 0.23		8:09PM 0.29	10:05AM 0.28			9:39AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	2	1	9	3	-	1	7	-	1	1	-	-	2	-	2	1	4	4	1	-	31	6
High °C	29	30	29	26	30	27	26	30	27	27	31	27	27	29	28	29	29	27	28	29	26	29
Low °C	27	29	25	25	29	26	25	28	25	26	29	25	26	29	26	29	29	26	27	28	25	28
Chill °C (?)	29	30	29	26	30	27	26	30	27	27	31	27	27	29	28	29	29	27	28	29	26	29
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:18	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	6:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:13	-	-	7:12	-	-	5:54	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:37	-	7:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 SW	0.1 E
Period (s)	15	15	15	16	15	14	16	16	15	7	14	14	15	13	13	14	15	14	7	8	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	-	0.9 S	0.6 WSW	0.1 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-
Period (s)	9	-	7	6	19	18	6	8	7	16	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	13	18	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 SSE	-	-	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Tuesday 02					Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Fri
	9AM	12PM	2PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Pascuales Colima	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Celestino Sinaloa	El Paredon Pacific Coast	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	La Saladita Guerrero	Bahia Solano Pacific	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Pinitas Guerrero	Morro Negrito Veraguas	Puerto Arista Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	14	16
Energy(?)	1124	617	574	816	841	1190	1001	1157	1086	976	401	1008	1187	1236	1075	1013	1198	931	270	733	729	1072
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:38AM 1.67								9:48AM 0.72								10:59AM 0.80	1:07PM 2.70		7:25PM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)			12:09PM 1.20	4:15PM 0.58			1:41AM 0.20					4:48PM 0.33			2:01AM 0.12	3:59AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	1
Temp. °C	27	30	27	28	27	26	25	25	26	29	26	29	27	26	25	26	27	27	24	29	27	26
Chill °C (?)	27	30	27	28	27	26	25	25	26	29	26	29	27	26	25	26	27	27	24	29	27	26
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	6:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	6	16	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	8	6	10	9	8	7	10	10	13	16	9	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	-	1.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-

	Tuesday 02																	Wednesday 03
	7AM	8AM	8AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	6PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Pascuales Colima	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Celestino Sinaloa	El Paredon Pacific Coast	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	La Saladita Guerrero	Bahia Solano Pacific	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Pinitas Guerrero	Morro Negrito Veraguas	Puerto Arista Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	905	614	547	607	606	1062	1062	1090	872	894	387	880	870	1024	1013	835	959	812	168	721	1001	467
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)				9:38AM 1.52												9:19PM 0.60
Low Tide / height (m)										3:30PM 0.39	5:18PM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	3	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	27	26	28	29	30	31	31	30	29	26	30	29	28	26	28	26	25	25	27	25	25
Chill °C (?)	25	27	26	28	29	30	31	31	30	29	26	30	29	28	26	28	26	25	25	27	25	25
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.4 W	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.1 W	-	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	9	9	11	11	11	7	8	6	7	7	8	-	7	7	7	6	6	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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