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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Costa Rica Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sun
	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Jacmel South Coast	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	La Saladita Guerrero	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Tamarindo Guanacaste	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Cañaveral Caribbean	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Isla Grande Colón
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SE	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 NE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 NE
Period(s)	8	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	17	15	15	8	16	15	7	14	14	8	13	13	9
Energy	320	1028	880	828	789	656	269	498	533	331	829	870	260	944	862	182	705	660	221	551	556	471
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:53PM 1.80	5:55AM 0.75		9:50PM 1.42	6:50AM 0.85		6:55PM 1.00	7:23AM 1.25		7:11PM 1.51	8:21AM 0.98		7:36PM 1.12	9:05AM 0.99	7:21PM 1.93	8:09PM 1.68		2:01PM 1.87	8:32PM 1.19	10:39AM 0.91
Low Tide / height (m)	11:32AM 0.43				12:11PM 0.42			12:44PM 0.42	1:27AM 0.30		1:04PM 0.55	1:52AM 0.20		1:48PM 0.48	2:29AM 0.03				7:47AM 0.32			3:46AM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	29	31	26	26	32	28	29	31	26	32	31	26	29	30	26	29	30	27	30	30	27	29
Low °C	29	30	25	26	28	27	29	29	25	30	29	24	28	29	25	29	29	25	29	29	25	28
Chill °C (?)	29	31	26	26	32	28	29	31	26	32	31	26	29	30	26	29	30	27	30	30	27	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	7:14	6:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	7:15	7:25	-	7:15	7:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 E	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.1 NE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.1 SE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 NE
Period (s)	11	16	16	15	15	15	10	14	14	10	15	15	16	16	15	9	14	14	-	13	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	12	12	12	11	11	15	10	9	14	11	10	-	10	10	-	10	10	-	12	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 NNE	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.5 NE	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	1.3 SE	-	-	1.4 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	4	4	8	4	4	7	-	-	8	-	-	-

	Sunday 10					Monday 11								Tuesday 12								Wed
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	8AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Celestino Sinaloa	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Ocos Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1121	923	772	1181	1029	1016	911	851	827	745	761	676	715	645	611	527	500	469	233	526	537	533
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					6:45PM 0.88			5:55AM 0.75					6:43PM 0.93				5:42AM 1.34				6:55PM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)		11:05AM 0.56	2:48PM 0.83				1:06AM 0.58			11:51AM 0.54					1:07AM 0.45					4:47PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-
Temp. °C	27	26	37	29	26	29	26	25	28	26	27	27	26	26	27	27	28	27	29	29	26	26
Chill °C (?)	27	26	37	29	26	29	26	25	28	26	27	27	26	26	27	27	28	27	29	29	26	26
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	6:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	10	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	12	7	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	10	14	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4

	Sunday 10																	Monday 11
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Celestino Sinaloa	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Ocos Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	984	954	844	1110	1115	1114	1251	1252	1251	1085	1221	1220	1176	1046	1029	1029	993	972	497	1080	911	911
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:43AM 1.82										6:45PM 0.88
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	26	30	29	29	31	30	30	29	27	27	27	28	26	26	26	25	26	26	28	26	26
Chill °C (?)	23	26	30	29	29	31	30	30	29	27	27	27	28	26	26	26	25	26	26	28	26	26
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.9 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	13	12	12	12	13	13	11	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	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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