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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Hammerhead Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Hammerhead Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Jacmel South Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	La Saladita Guerrero	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Hammerhead Nayarit
Rating	1	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	1	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSE	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	1.0 S	1.1 ESE	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 SSW	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	18	16	18	15	16	14	14	16	13	7	19	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	14
Energy(?)	169	521	635	315	780	544	335	289	385	161	788	661	827	1447	1399	1137	1141	1119	960	802	794	665
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:45PM 1.44		1:49PM 2.68	1:36AM 0.76		2:14PM 0.88	2:36AM 0.74				4:33AM 3.29	3:57PM 0.98		4:17AM 0.73	4:41PM 1.00	10:03PM 1.50	11:07AM 1.12	4:51PM 2.71	9:50PM 1.03	11:20AM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)		2:33PM 0.25	2:45AM 0.39	7:34AM 0.42		7:38PM 0.25	7:48AM 0.22		8:46PM 0.23	9:58AM 0.37	3:30PM 0.46	9:22PM 0.21	10:34AM 0.38		10:32PM 0.17	10:09AM 0.15			4:50AM 0.26			4:58AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	29	28	24	29	28	24	28	27	27	28	23	24	27	22	23	28	25	24	27	27	24
Low °C	23	29	25	24	28	25	24	26	25	27	28	21	23	27	20	23	26	23	24	26	26	24
Chill °C (?)	23	29	28	24	29	28	24	28	27	27	28	23	24	27	22	23	28	25	24	27	27	24
Sunrise	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:12	-	7:02	6:43	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.7 SE	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 SSW	1.3 S
Period (s)	10	16	14	15	16	14	14	13	13	7	12	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.3 SW	-	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 WSW	0.6 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	15	10	18	14	14	9	13	16	13	-	19	12	12	10	12	6	13	24	6	7	21	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.4 W	-	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	1.1 ESE	0.5 W	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	5	4	7	5	-	-	6	12	-	7	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 30					Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01								Thu
	10AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	3PM	6PM	10PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Mariatos Veraguas	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Mariatos Veraguas	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Mariatos Veraguas	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	3	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	14	18	18	17	16	18	18	17	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	913	207	188	651	658	635	635	600	599	856	318	509	728	544	516	605	574	287	304	291	404	249
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)							12:32AM 0.80								1:36AM 0.76			9:15AM 1.45				9:12PM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)	7:51AM 0.61		2:33PM 0.25		7:16PM 0.51				6:52AM 0.23		2:54PM 0.31		9:07PM 0.44				7:48AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Temp. °C	29	23	24	28	27	27	26	25	27	30	24	27	27	26	26	25	26	24	25	26	23	23
Chill °C (?)	29	23	24	28	27	27	26	25	27	30	24	27	27	26	26	25	26	24	25	26	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	14	10	18	17	16	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.4 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	18	18	10	13	13	18	18	17	17	17	14	8	18	9	8	8	8	4	15	22	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	5	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	5	-	6	6

	Monday 30	Tuesday 31
	8AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Mariatos Veraguas	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Mariatos Veraguas	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Mariatos Veraguas	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	3	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	14	18	18	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	1027	169	169	636	607	454	446	526	521	1549	236	651	892	536	620	531	710	218	218	586	253	253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:11AM 1.44				12:03PM 0.79													1:25AM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)	7:51AM 0.61																				2:52AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	23	23	29	29	28	29	30	29	28	24	28	28	28	28	27	27	24	24	26	22	22
Chill °C (?)	26	23	23	29	29	28	29	30	29	28	24	28	28	28	28	27	27	24	24	26	22	22
Sunrise	6:22	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	14	10	10	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	13	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.0 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	18	15	15	18	18	10	10	10	10	16	9	13	16	10	10	10	18	5	5	13	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 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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