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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	Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Fri
	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	Indicas Great Abaco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Roca Caribbean	Delray Beach Florida - South	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Playa Negra Limon	Matagorda Texas	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Playa Negra Limon	Punta Roca Caribbean	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Negra Limon	Jacmel South Coast
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NNE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 NE	1.6 NE	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 WNW	2.2 NE	0.9 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SW	0.6 S	1.6 NE	1.7 NE	0.8 SE	1.0 NW	1.7 NE	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	8	8	12	8	15	15	13	8	12	8	8	6	10	12	12	8	7	7	7	8	7
Energy(?)	443	242	228	244	338	126	36	255	650	206	281	261	55	158	73	143	322	265	71	224	335	91
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:48PM 0.25		12:39PM 0.78		1:29AM 0.90		6:43PM 0.12		8:19AM 0.45		3:27AM 1.04			9:08PM 0.02	9:45AM 0.54		9:12PM 0.92	7:13AM 1.12	5:40PM 0.95	2:04AM 3.55	7:56AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)	11:55AM 0.16		11:57PM 0.11	6:42AM 0.27	7:00PM 0.13		7:42AM 0.27	2:54PM 0.07	12:38AM -0.05		4:06PM 0.02	8:41PM 0.06	9:45AM 0.11	5:11PM -0.03	1:33AM -0.05		2:02PM 0.00	1:47AM 0.69			7:50PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	14	-
High °C	23	27	26	23	27	24	28	28	26	25	27	24	6	27	23	29	27	26	27	28	25	27
Low °C	22	27	24	19	26	23	27	27	24	22	26	23	4	27	22	27	26	25	26	27	24	25
Chill °C (?)	23	27	26	23	27	24	28	28	26	25	27	24	3	27	23	29	27	26	27	28	25	27
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:30	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 NE	1.6 NE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.8 WNW	-	0.9 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	1.6 NE	0.1 N	0.8 SE	0.7 NW	1.7 NE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	11	8	8	12	8	15	6	13	-	12	8	8	6	10	8	12	8	14	7	7	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.2 N	0.2 NNE	0.3 E	-	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	9	7	8	9	-	12	15	7	-	8	-	-	-	7	8	12	-	-	-	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	2.2 NE	-	-	-	0.9 NE	0.3 SSE	-	0.2 NNE	-	1.7 NE	-	1.0 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	8	-	-	-	6	2	-	2	-	7	-	7	-	-

	Friday 26							Saturday 27								Sunday 28
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Playa Negra Limon	Egg Island Eleuthera	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Indicas Great Abaco	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NE	0.3 SSW	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	11	10	10	12	8	8	8	8	12	11	8	8	8	15	15	14	11	14	13
Energy(?)	304	304	261	527	322	283	290	228	239	313	308	365	256	330	338	338	255	306	328	203	69	242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:21AM 0.35	11:51AM 0.82							7:17AM 0.31	12:33PM 0.85		5:42PM 0.19				4:00AM 0.87
Low Tide / height (m)						6:16PM 0.16		12:01AM -0.05								12:17AM -0.05					3:25PM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	2	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	25	26	23	22	22	22	25	25	24	25	23	24	27	26	25	24	24	26	23	28	27
Chill °C (?)	25	25	26	23	22	22	22	25	25	24	25	23	24	27	26	25	24	24	26	23	28	27
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	6:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NE	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	11	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	12	11	8	8	8	15	15	14	11	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	0.6 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	-	-	-	15	14	14	9	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Friday 26
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	10PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Playa Negra Limon	Egg Island Eleuthera	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Indicas Great Abaco	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	11	10	8	8	8	16	16	16	8	16	16
Energy(?)	304	304	315	224	491	406	402	281	281	281	274	372	225	248	242	242	114	114	113	142	48	121
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																4:48PM 0.25
Low Tide / height (m)					5:33AM 0.27						11:55AM 0.16								6:58PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	26	23	23	22	22	22	25	26	26	26	22	22	27	27	27	27	26	25	22	26	24
Chill °C (?)	26	26	23	23	22	22	22	25	26	26	26	22	22	27	27	27	27	26	25	22	26	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	11	10	8	8	8	13	13	13	8	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.4 E	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	9	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	10	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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