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 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22
	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	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Tamarindo Guanacaste	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Chacahua Oaxaca	Pinitas Guerrero	Puerto Arista Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Pascuales Colima	Puerto Arista Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Pinitas Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	10	13	11	10	12	9	9	8	13	14	13	17	16
Energy(?)	1699	1462	1440	1546	746	1225	1219	725	931	890	607	1350	1031	374	506	420	315	311	249	241	439	670
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:35AM 2.77		11:33PM 2.68	8:43AM 0.96		11:33PM 1.98	11:43AM 1.46		7:52PM 1.00	8:56AM 1.00		8:22PM 1.04		1:49PM 2.54	2:09AM 1.95		2:08PM 0.78	2:41AM 0.84		3:04PM 0.65
Low Tide / height (m)	2:34AM 0.00	4:18AM 1.02	5:06PM 0.83			5:20PM 0.53		5:22AM 0.37	2:21PM 0.50	2:30AM 0.14		2:39PM 0.42	2:50AM 0.18	7:32AM 0.35		7:56PM 0.32	8:20AM 0.29		8:24PM 0.23	9:06AM 0.23		9:14PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	10	-	-	2	1	-	3	-	2	6	5	-	-	4	7	1	-	2	4	-	1	14
High °C	27	28	30	27	27	29	27	28	27	27	27	30	27	26	28	27	29	30	27	28	28	27
Low °C	24	27	29	25	26	28	26	27	27	25	26	29	25	26	27	26	28	27	26	27	28	26
Chill °C (?)	27	28	30	27	27	29	27	28	27	27	27	30	27	26	28	27	29	30	27	28	28	27
Sunrise	-	5:33	-	-	5:24	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	5:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	16	9	14	14	14	10	13	11	10	6	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.6 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 S	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 S
Period (s)	12	6	7	8	6	14	9	8	8	13	8	13	12	12	12	8	13	13	14	13	17	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.3 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 NW	-	-	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	5	-	-	7

	Mon	Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	9PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Chacahua Oaxaca	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Tamarindo Guanacaste	Ocos Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Pinitas Guerrero	Puerto Sandino Leon Province
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	1.2 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1876	1410	1410	1393	1380	1392	1083	1190	1171	1546	1309	1295	1230	1217	740	1120	1018	1241	1215	1155	1011	592
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:29PM 0.77				8:44AM 0.94	9:27AM 2.05			6:34PM 0.86				8:43AM 0.96	10:39AM 1.65				10:21PM 0.73				11:56AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)				4:18AM 1.02				3:58PM 0.33			1:41AM 0.15					5:13PM 0.45				4:28AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	3	4	2	-	-	3	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	2	1	-	4	-	-	2
Temp. °C	28	26	25	25	27	30	28	28	27	26	25	25	28	29	26	27	27	27	26	26	26	28
Chill °C (?)	28	26	25	25	27	30	28	28	27	26	25	25	28	29	26	27	27	27	26	26	26	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:00	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	1.2 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	9	9	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Monday 15					Tuesday 16
	7PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Chacahua Oaxaca	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Tamarindo Guanacaste	Ocos Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Pinitas Guerrero	Puerto Sandino Leon Province
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 S	1.3 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1877	1453	1435	1427	1699	1363	1282	1752	1559	1524	1481	1464	1428	1953	924	1821	1722	1618	1623	1603	1347	1182
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)																9:28AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
High °C	29	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	24	24	25	25	24	26	27	29	28	28	29	28	29	29
Chill °C (?)	29	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	24	24	25	25	24	26	27	29	28	28	29	28	29	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 S	1.3 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	6	6	6	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	7	7	8	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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