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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	Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Mon
	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	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Egg Island Eleuthera	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Tamarindo Guanacaste	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Roca Caribbean	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Mariatos Veraguas
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	1.2 N	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.8 NNE	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 E	1.8 NE	1.9 NE	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	8	8	20	18	10	16	16	15	14	7	14	18	16	13	15	14	9	8	9	15
Energy(?)	161	346	383	235	135	249	47	299	308	60	271	60	118	443	449	151	494	451	16	460	586	240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	glass	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:22AM 1.36		8:54PM 0.05	11:41AM 2.42		11:10PM 0.16	9:40AM 0.42		11:23PM 0.01	10:14AM 0.43			6:10AM 0.88		9:55PM 0.88	8:08AM 1.04		10:14PM 0.89	8:37AM 1.08		2:55AM 2.28	9:16AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)		3:04PM 0.12	1:07AM 0.00	5:27AM 1.01	4:20PM 0.63	1:05AM 0.15		6:26PM -0.04	12:54AM 0.01			11:10PM 0.15	12:44PM 0.24		2:36AM 0.64		3:22PM 0.04	2:58AM 0.61		3:50PM 0.05	8:45PM 0.56	3:21AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	5	1
High °C	31	27	26	23	28	24	29	28	24	23	28	26	23	28	24	24	26	24	17	26	24	29
Low °C	27	26	24	23	26	23	26	27	21	23	26	25	23	26	21	24	25	21	13	25	23	28
Chill °C (?)	31	27	26	23	28	24	29	28	24	23	28	26	23	28	24	24	26	24	17	26	24	29
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	6:24	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	1.2 N	0.3 SSE	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 NNE	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 E	1.8 NE	1.9 NE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	9	5	10	16	16	14	14	7	14	18	13	15	15	14	9	8	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	0.6 E	0.3 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.1 E	-	-	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	-	-	7	10	18	6	7	15	15	13	8	6	13	16	13	8	12	13	-	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 N	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	1.0 N	-	-	0.3 N
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	5	-	5	4	6	6	5	-	-	9	-	-	6	-	5	-	-	2

	Monday 12							Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14
	3AM	6AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bahia Solano Pacific	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Playa Negra Limon	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Playa Negra Limon	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Burros Nayarit	Tamarindo Guanacaste	Burros Nayarit
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 ENE	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	9	11	11	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	19	18	18	18	17	16	8	16
Energy(?)	226	218	395	57	120	294	338	383	368	354	346	228	219	202	213	249	236	231	322	116	60	112
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:33AM 0.40	10:35AM 2.49			8:54PM 0.05				9:06AM 0.41		3:44PM 0.55			9:25PM 0.82			6:27AM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)		3:31AM 0.29				4:15PM 0.12			1:07AM 0.00			10:24AM 0.29		6:01PM 0.09			1:40AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	-	1	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	23	25	25	31	25	26	25	24	24	25	23	23	25	24	23	23	23	24	24	29	24
Chill °C (?)	24	23	25	25	31	25	26	25	24	24	25	23	23	25	24	23	23	23	24	24	29	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	6:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.8 ESE	1.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	1.5 ENE	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 ENE	0.5 NW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	9	11	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	19	5	5	18	17	16	8	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.4 SSE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	12	11	-	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	8	18	18	5	5	5	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.5 N	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	5	5	-	5	-

	Monday 12
	1AM	2AM	4AM	5AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bahia Solano Pacific	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Playa Negra Limon	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Playa Negra Limon	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Burros Nayarit	Tamarindo Guanacaste	Burros Nayarit
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.6 ENE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	12	11	9	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	9	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	181	92	386	88	127	372	395	395	395	395	346	129	129	355	158	158	158	137	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								8:33AM 0.40														9:32PM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)				4:25AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	24	24	25	24	23	24	24	25	25	26	23	23	27	28	28	27	26	24	23	26	21
Chill °C (?)	25	24	24	25	24	23	24	24	25	25	26	23	23	27	28	28	27	26	24	23	26	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.6 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.6 ENE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	10	9	5	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	-	12	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-

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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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