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 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	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	Indicas Great Abaco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Jacmel South Coast	Jacmel South Coast	Bahia Solano Pacific	Jacmel South Coast	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Punta Roca Caribbean	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province
Rating	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	3	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	1.6 N	1.1 N	1.7 N	1.5 N	1.1 N	0.5 SSW	1.5 SE	2.0 ESE	0.6 SW	1.3 SE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	9	12	12	8	8	16	8	8	15	8	9	8	14	13	13	13	18	18	16	18	16
Energy(?)	215	441	677	871	443	299	260	284	755	172	188	397	346	282	268	286	208	338	311	409	559	437
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:00PM 1.87	8:27AM 1.69		2:58AM 1.02		3:12PM 0.70	9:12PM 0.04	9:00AM 0.45	4:29PM 0.66		5:14AM 0.97	5:29PM 0.71	11:07PM 0.06	10:44AM 0.37		9:36PM 1.00	11:41AM 0.31	3:19PM 3.29	2:24AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)		1:29PM -0.04	2:28AM 0.32		2:31PM 0.38	8:05PM 0.10	9:35AM 0.21		1:26AM -0.05			10:25PM 0.07	11:41AM 0.16		3:22AM -0.01		3:06PM 0.05		4:38AM 0.02		8:14PM 0.28	8:41AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	17	18	19	26	25	27	28	25	27	27	26	28	27	22	23	27	27	23	28	22	34
Low °C	25	17	17	19	25	24	27	26	24	27	25	25	27	26	21	23	26	24	23	26	20	28
Chill °C (?)	29	16	18	19	26	25	27	28	25	27	27	26	28	27	22	23	27	27	23	28	22	34
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:15	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	6:05	-	-	6:38	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.6 N	1.3 N	1.7 N	1.5 N	1.1 N	0.6 SE	-	1.6 SE	0.6 SW	-	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	9	10	12	8	8	8	-	8	15	-	9	8	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	1.1 N	0.4 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	16	8	12	17	8	8	16	-	-	4	-	-	-	11	11	19	10	18	18	16	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SE	2.0 ESE	-	1.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	3

	Tuesday 24							Wednesday 25								Thursday 26
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	3AM	6AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	El Paredon Pacific Coast	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Mariatos Veraguas	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.3 ENE	1.4 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.3 N	1.6 N	1.2 NNE	1.1 N	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	16	16	9	12	12	8	8	12	12	10	13	8	8	18	18	8	16	16	16
Energy(?)	318	308	244	201	162	429	674	705	313	374	871	906	764	955	330	299	202	202	373	487	258	354
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	low	low	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:27AM 1.58										2:11PM 0.62		8:21PM 0.04			5:37AM 0.84	8:10AM 0.47	10:52AM 2.62
Low Tide / height (m)	1:48AM 0.16				1:33PM 0.29	7:00PM 0.10					8:40AM 0.21					12:37AM -0.05	2:06AM 0.78					3:50PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	21	25	29	30	17	16	16	24	23	19	19	20	20	25	24	21	21	25	31	27	26
Chill °C (?)	23	21	25	29	30	17	16	16	24	23	19	19	20	20	25	24	21	21	25	31	27	26
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.6 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.3 ENE	1.4 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.3 N	1.6 N	1.2 NNE	1.1 N	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	1.0 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.6 SE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	10	9	12	12	8	8	12	12	10	13	8	8	14	14	8	16	7	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 NE	1.2 N	1.1 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 NNW	0.9 NNE	0.4 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NE	0.2 N	0.5 SSW	0.1 W
Period (s)	16	16	11	16	16	8	8	18	7	8	17	11	14	16	8	8	18	18	9	11	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 NNE	0.7 E	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	3	2	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Tuesday 24
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	El Paredon Pacific Coast	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Mariatos Veraguas	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 W	0.5 W	0.4 SW	1.8 NNW	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	11	16	9	9	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	8	8	11	11	8	11	10	11
Energy(?)	387	382	246	117	167	600	532	517	420	411	543	543	548	501	312	312	69	69	300	120	94	82
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)													1:02PM 0.64						7:32PM 0.05	8:52PM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)		1:48AM 0.16					7:19AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	25	24	24	23	23	16	17	17	25	26	17	17	18	18	26	26	27	26	25	26	23	25
Chill °C (?)	25	24	24	23	23	14	16	16	25	26	16	16	18	18	26	26	27	26	25	26	23	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 NNE	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	8	8	14	8	8	10	10	10	10	8	8	11	11	8	11	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 E	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.2 E	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.5 SE	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	16	7	6	11	15	15	8	-	-	14	14	14	8	-	-	15	15	-	15	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 WNW	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.8 NNW	1.7 N	1.7 N	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.0 N	0.7 NNE	0.3 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	4	4	9	9	9	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	6	4	2	-

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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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