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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	Fri		Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Chacahua Oaxaca	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Tenexpa Guerrero	Pascuales Colima	Pascuales Colima	Burros Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	8	5	4	5	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSE	1.9 SE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 W	2.4 SSW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	18	8	8	15	15	17	11	12	13	14	13	13	16	12	12	12	12	12	10	12
Energy(?)	332	463	750	327	1270	923	844	1407	1773	4722	7021	1596	4765	3664	476	2801	2445	2054	1570	1120	1658	986
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:57PM 2.26	10:51AM 0.72		11:42PM 0.76		7:42PM 1.76	1:22AM 1.82		1:53PM 2.67	9:13PM 1.10	9:02AM 1.15	2:33PM 1.55	10:02PM 0.84	9:22AM 1.17			6:28AM 0.68			9:58AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)	5:38PM 0.75		4:12AM 0.24	5:28PM 0.29		5:56AM 0.27		7:04PM 0.31	7:45AM 0.30			3:05AM 0.31			3:28AM 0.41	4:24PM 0.19	8:47PM 0.16		4:46PM 0.09	10:02PM -0.02	3:53AM 0.59	5:28PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	8	-	1	4	2	1	1	4	7	8	-	2	1	2	-	4	1	-	1	4	1
High °C	29	25	27	30	26	25	28	27	25	25	25	29	28	26	27	30	26	28	29	27	25	28
Low °C	29	25	26	28	25	25	28	25	24	24	23	27	27	24	26	28	24	28	28	25	25	28
Chill °C (?)	29	25	27	30	26	25	28	27	25	25	25	29	28	26	27	30	26	28	29	27	25	28
Sunrise	-	-	5:22	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:54	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	6:17	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 W	2.4 SSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	13	14	18	8	8	8	8	9	11	12	13	14	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 S	1.7 S	0.6 SW	1.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	6	7	6	10	16	15	15	14	10	16	15	7	15	11	13	10	12	16	12	9	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	1.9 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 03			Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Monday 06
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	8AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Pinitas Guerrero	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Celestino Sinaloa	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Ocos Pacific Coast	Pascuales Colima	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	La Saladita Guerrero	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	La Saladita Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 S	1.9 SE	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 SE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.5 SSE	1.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	19	19	18	13	18	16	16	17	8	17	16	8	15	15	15	9	17	11	11
Energy(?)	224	359	746	576	602	594	573	700	548	545	573	1270	1020	1142	1152	1154	916	1136	1718	1407	3242	3064
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				10:34PM 0.69			7:18AM 1.60		12:16PM 2.32		7:54PM 1.07		12:31AM 1.43		8:27AM 1.07				8:33PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)		5:38PM 0.75				4:37AM 0.26															2:40AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	1	-	-	5	2	7	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	27	26	27	26	25	26	26	28	26	26	26	25	25	25	27	24	25	24	25	26	24	23
Chill °C (?)	27	26	27	26	25	26	26	28	26	26	26	25	25	25	27	24	25	24	25	26	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 S	0.6 SSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	13	13	14	8	8	8	13	14	16	13	8	8	17	7	8	8	8	8	15	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 S	1.1 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	6	6	20	19	13	18	19	18	13	16	17	16	7	16	16	15	15	15	18	14	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SSE	-	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 SE	-	1.9 SSE	2.1 SE	1.8 S	-	1.3 SE	2.5 SSE	-	2.3 SE	1.7 SE
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	7	8	8	-	5	9	-	8	8

	Friday 03											Saturday 04
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Pinitas Guerrero	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Celestino Sinaloa	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Ocos Pacific Coast	Pascuales Colima	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	La Saladita Guerrero	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	La Saladita Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	19	19	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	214	214	359	332	333	375	248	269	454	426	327	327	409	363	340	473	507	460	266	349	233	230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																					8:14AM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)					4:38PM 0.30									1:57AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	27	25	25	25	24	25	25	24	25	24	25	24	26	27	29
Chill °C (?)	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	27	25	25	25	24	25	25	24	25	24	25	24	26	27	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	7	13	9	9	10	7	14	14	14	14	14	8	9	9	8	6	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	6	6	13	6	13	13	12	13	6	6	10	10	7	14	14	14	19	13	9	13	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 SE	0.8 SSE	-	0.9 SE	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	-	0.1 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	9	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	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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