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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Sat		Sun				Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01
	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jacmel South Coast	Mariatos Veraguas	Jacmel South Coast	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Mariatos Veraguas	Mariatos Veraguas	Jacmel South Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Salina Cruz Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SE	0.4 SSW	1.1 SE	0.5 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.8 SE	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	6	13	13	7	16	7	18	16	15	8	16	16	14	16	14	14	16	13
Energy(?)	339	249	249	299	56	265	249	63	138	160	220	622	975	67	522	627	524	781	543	343	308	445
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:15PM 0.93			8:39PM 0.93	6:10AM 0.80		8:15PM 1.24	10:57AM 2.27		8:33PM 0.99	7:44AM 0.97		8:40PM 1.01	8:11AM 1.44	2:10PM 3.14	2:31AM 3.08	8:48AM 1.04		9:01PM 1.06	9:17AM 1.03		9:16PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)			12:44PM 0.26	2:03AM 0.69		3:42PM 0.62	1:30AM 0.82	4:34AM 0.64	1:50PM 0.17	2:13AM 0.48		2:15PM 0.18	2:32AM 0.39			8:22PM 0.62		2:57PM 0.26		3:13AM 0.24	3:14PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	5	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	28	22	27	27	22	27	29	27	34	29	27	27	29	27	32	29	27	24	28	26
Low °C	21	23	26	20	26	25	20	26	27	24	29	28	25	27	29	25	27	28	25	24	27	25
Chill °C (?)	22	23	28	22	27	27	22	27	29	27	34	29	27	27	29	27	32	29	27	24	28	26
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:10	-	7:01	7:10	-	7:01	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	7:02	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SE	0.5 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.8 SE	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	-	13	13	7	9	7	18	16	15	8	16	16	14	16	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	-	16	-	9	10	19	-	10	13	17	14	9	14	16	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 SE	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	-	0.3 SSE	1.1 SE	0.3 E	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	6	8	3	-	2	7	5	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 26								Friday 27								Saturday 28
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	7PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	279	339	285	285	345	145	251	123	266	299	275	262	260	221	59	69	255	249	232	244	244	202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		9:15PM 0.93							8:39PM 0.93				6:10AM 0.80				8:31PM 0.96				7:06AM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)							12:22PM 0.39				2:03AM 0.69					4:57PM 1.04			1:59AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	21	21	24	34	23	27	22	21	20	20	24	23	27	26	22	21	20	20	24	23
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	21	24	34	23	27	22	21	20	20	24	23	27	26	22	21	20	20	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	5	10	10	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 E	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	9	4	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25					Thursday 26
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	10AM	11AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	295	283	279	279	300	169	257	138	285	285	285	285	290	250	88	102	291	291	291	249	249	255
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				9:15PM 0.93											9:24AM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)																			12:44PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	22	22	22	28	23	26	21	21	21	21	20	23	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	23
Chill °C (?)	24	23	22	22	22	28	23	26	21	21	21	21	20	23	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	12	15	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	16	11	15	10	10	10	10	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	9	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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