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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	Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sun
	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	Hammerhead Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Punta Roca Caribbean	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Burros Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Burros Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Celestino Sinaloa
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	2	0	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 NE	0.5 SW	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 NE	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.4 NE	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.5 NE	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	8	12	8	8	7	20	18	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	18	7	16	15	9	12
Energy(?)	94	143	354	81	322	383	193	143	242	114	299	307	61	266	261	118	436	215	322	462	928	116
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:45PM 0.20			9:59PM 0.18	5:44AM 0.85		9:59PM 0.03	9:40AM 0.42		12:56AM 2.67		1:47PM 2.53		10:50AM 0.42			11:27AM 0.42	3:19PM 2.67		8:19AM 0.45
Low Tide / height (m)		3:31PM 0.02	12:39AM 0.15	12:12PM 0.59	1:11PM 0.50	12:53AM 0.15		3:41PM 0.14	1:12AM 0.01		6:26PM -0.04		6:33AM 0.63		7:48PM 0.05			8:18PM -0.06			7:31PM -0.08	12:09PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	20	38	-	-
High °C	23	27	26	32	27	26	26	29	24	24	28	24	23	26	25	24	27	25	21	20	26	25
Low °C	22	27	23	27	27	23	26	26	23	22	26	22	23	25	24	24	24	25	20	20	26	21
Chill °C (?)	23	27	26	32	27	26	26	29	24	24	28	24	23	26	25	24	27	25	21	20	26	25
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:22	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:39	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	1.6 NE	0.5 SW	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.4 NE	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	12	8	12	8	8	7	10	18	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	18	7	16	15	-	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 NW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	10	-	6	-	-	-	9	8	4	7	15	15	13	14	6	13	-	13	13	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 S	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NE	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	4	-	-	-	5	5	-	5	5	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-

	Sunday 11							Monday 12								Tuesday 13
	4AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	3PM	7PM	9PM	0AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Playa Negra Limon	Celestino Sinaloa	Hammerhead Nayarit	Playa Negra Limon	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bahia Solano Pacific	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Bahia Solano Pacific	Playa Negra Limon	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Tumaco Pacific	Punta Roca Caribbean	Jacmel South Coast
Rating	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.2 WNW	1.4 NE	1.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	12	12	9	12	10	9	9	9	11	11	11	8	8	9	9	9	18	7	7
Energy(?)	559	559	520	152	81	364	220	410	377	395	354	58	71	61	294	383	386	404	362	56	188	130
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	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	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:52AM 0.43					9:13PM 0.95			8:33AM 0.40	10:35AM 2.49			9:59PM 0.18				9:06AM 0.41	11:43AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)					12:35PM 0.64									4:34PM 1.15			1:07AM 0.00				3:56PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	25	24	26	24	23	25	23	25	24	23	24	24	34	24	24	25	24	23	24	24	26	25
Chill °C (?)	25	24	26	24	23	25	23	25	24	23	24	24	34	24	24	25	24	23	24	24	26	25
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.7 WNW	1.0 NW	1.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.5 N	-	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	7	8	9	12	10	9	9	9	11	11	6	8	8	9	9	9	6	-	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 NW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	12	-	8	12	-	-	-	5	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.4 NE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	7

	Sunday 11
	2AM	3AM	4AM	3AM	5AM	7AM	7AM	8AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	1PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Playa Negra Limon	Celestino Sinaloa	Hammerhead Nayarit	Playa Negra Limon	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bahia Solano Pacific	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Bahia Solano Pacific	Playa Negra Limon	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Tumaco Pacific	Punta Roca Caribbean	Jacmel South Coast
Rating	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.4 NW	2.2 NE	0.8 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	13	12	9	12	12	9	9	9	12	12	12	9	9	9	8	8	12	8	7
Energy(?)	547	547	531	194	129	531	260	177	486	486	486	130	118	137	404	371	363	354	354	87	573	61
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)				2:24AM 1.36															7:53PM 0.09
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-
High °C	25	24	23	19	22	22	21	23	25	25	26	25	33	25	27	26	26	26	26	25	26	24
Chill °C (?)	25	24	23	19	22	22	21	23	25	25	26	25	33	25	27	26	26	26	26	25	26	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	1.8 ENE	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.4 NW	-	0.8 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	7	8	9	8	12	9	9	9	12	12	12	9	9	9	8	8	12	-	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.3 SSE	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	12	-	12	15	-	-	-	5	9	5	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	2.2 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	-

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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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