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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	Mon	Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Chacahua Oaxaca	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Cañaveral Caribbean	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	La Saladita Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Salina Cruz Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Tamarindo Guanacaste	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Ticla Michoacan
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 S	1.3 SSW	1.6 NE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	14	14	8	12	12	13	12	11	16	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1213	1391	839	1483	684	345	654	562	602	488	417	702	1059	883	1215	1249	913	1317	1413	585	886	829
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:44AM 0.98	4:47PM 2.66		5:33AM 0.94	6:26PM 3.33		10:54AM 0.95		11:21PM 0.68	6:28AM 1.77		6:58PM 0.74	7:01AM 2.07		7:34PM 0.70	10:26AM 0.89	6:13PM 0.29		9:29AM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)	10:29PM 0.15	4:27AM 0.34		11:08PM 0.12	11:49AM 0.19		11:28PM 0.40	4:31AM 0.48	5:41PM 0.43			1:15PM 0.20	12:55AM 0.10		1:16PM 0.67	1:28AM 0.11			1:14AM 0.38			1:25AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	4	1	8	1	3	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	4	-	5	6	3	3	-	4
High °C	29	28	31	28	28	30	27	28	30	27	29	31	27	29	28	28	26	28	27	29	30	27
Low °C	26	28	28	24	28	28	26	28	29	26	28	29	26	29	28	26	25	28	26	27	29	26
Chill °C (?)	29	28	31	28	28	30	27	28	30	27	29	31	27	29	28	28	26	28	27	29	30	27
Sunrise	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	6:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:17	-	-	6:07	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:44	-	-	7:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 S	1.3 SSW	1.6 NE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	14	14	8	12	12	13	12	11	12	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 NE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSE	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.3 WNW	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	8	6	8	16	6	16	8	8	8	14	15	16	11	6	7	10	7	19	18	7	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.5 NW	-	0.9 SSE	1.8 SE	-	0.7 SSE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	6	-	-	7	-	9	7	-	9	3

	Mon	Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thursday 28
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	1AM	3AM	7AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Cañaveral Caribbean	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.7 S	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 S	2.0 NE	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	17	17	16	17	16	16	15	16	16	16	14	13	13	14	14	12	12	8	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1257	1150	1317	1291	1101	1422	1064	1024	1020	1022	1228	1128	1204	709	573	883	682	512	728	1024	625	543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:23PM 0.95		4:47AM 0.90						10:47PM 0.87		5:33AM 0.94				5:41PM 0.81				6:42AM 3.44		10:54AM 0.95
Low Tide / height (m)						11:43AM 0.38		4:51PM 0.39						11:26AM 0.31				11:42PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	3	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Temp. °C	29	26	27	26	28	28	28	28	25	23	25	26	27	33	28	29	27	27	26	26	26	29
Chill °C (?)	29	26	27	26	28	28	28	28	25	23	25	26	27	33	28	29	27	27	26	26	26	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	6:43	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.7 S	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 S	2.0 NE	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	17	17	16	17	16	16	15	16	16	16	14	13	13	14	14	12	12	8	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.4 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	-	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SE	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.8 S	0.8 WSW	0.1 NE	0.7 WSW	0.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	6	8	10	-	6	8	8	10	8	15	15	6	6	14	8	15	8	20	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-

	Monday 25	Tuesday 26
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	1AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	1PM	3PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Cañaveral Caribbean	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.7 S	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 NE	1.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	8	16	15	16	16
Energy(?)	1365	897	1034	1244	1227	1515	1350	952	934	937	1684	1291	1207	1382	1391	1199	859	235	933	1232	839	950
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											4:34AM 1.87						10:44AM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)					10:29PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	28	27	28	28	27	27	26	25	25	26	26	26	28	28	29	31	30	31	28	31	30
Chill °C (?)	29	28	27	28	28	27	27	26	25	25	26	26	26	28	28	29	31	30	31	28	31	30
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.7 S	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 NE	1.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	8	16	15	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.4 WSW	1.0 S	0.8 SW	-	0.8 SW	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	9	11	8	8	-	6	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	6	10	8	-	8	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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