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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	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Celestino Sinaloa	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Roca Caribbean	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya
Rating	3	3	4	2	4	4	0	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 NE	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	14	7	16	15	16	14	14	14	13	13	14	16	14	13	18	16	18
Energy(?)	553	1008	958	332	960	1161	51	1022	915	499	760	605	446	430	259	309	362	493	304	793	664	517
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	9:32AM 0.67			10:40AM 1.52	5:49PM 1.52		11:42AM 1.55		11:00PM 0.60		12:01PM 0.86	1:20AM 1.97		1:36PM 2.52	8:38PM 1.13			1:20AM 0.53	9:50AM 1.07	3:01PM 2.35	12:18AM 0.24	3:26AM 3.00
Low Tide / height (m)		2:19PM 0.73	12:42AM 0.36	4:01AM 0.61		1:06AM 0.24	5:10AM 0.60	2:06PM 0.61		4:57AM 0.21		7:07PM 0.50	7:28AM 0.63			7:24AM 0.23	3:17PM 0.34	7:31PM 0.36	3:37AM 0.16			9:39AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	8	2	1	-	1	-	2	1	-	-	1	2	-	5	1	1	-	1	6	3
High °C	27	30	29	28	29	28	28	29	26	27	31	27	28	29	27	26	30	26	28	30	26	27
Low °C	25	29	26	27	29	25	28	29	24	26	29	25	28	28	25	26	27	26	28	28	25	27
Chill °C (?)	27	30	29	28	29	28	28	29	26	27	31	27	28	29	27	26	30	26	28	30	26	27
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:26	-	-	6:48	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:24
Sunset	-	7:13	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:40	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 NE	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	10	15	14	7	13	15	7	14	14	14	13	13	14	16	14	7	18	16	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	-	0.9 S	0.7 SW	0.8 S	1.0 S	-	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSE	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	7	-	7	15	10	8	-	16	7	16	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	13	14	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 SSE	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	7	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	8	-	-

	Tuesday 02							Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	3AM	6AM	8AM	12PM	2PM	5PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Ticla Michoacan	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Celestino Sinaloa	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Punta Roca Caribbean	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 NE	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	16	14	14	14	14	15	16	7	16
Energy(?)	1110	1342	543	606	568	613	845	934	1019	1047	1091	621	373	514	1047	1007	1114	1030	1019	739	46	485
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	low	high	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				9:38AM 1.52		4:48PM 1.37						10:44AM 1.86			6:48PM 0.91	10:04PM 0.59			8:57AM 0.93	11:48AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)	1:54AM 0.14				12:09PM 1.20					3:13AM 0.15				5:25PM 0.84			2:01AM 0.12	3:19AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
Temp. °C	27	25	25	29	27	28	27	26	26	26	27	33	26	25	28	27	25	26	28	32	28	24
Chill °C (?)	27	25	25	29	27	28	27	26	26	26	27	33	26	25	28	27	25	26	28	32	28	24
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 NE	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	10	10	14	14	14	14	15	16	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SE	1.1 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.8 SW
Period (s)	7	8	7	9	7	10	7	7	10	10	10	9	15	16	8	18	8	10	7	8	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SE	1.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02
	1AM	2AM	2AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	10PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Ticla Michoacan	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Celestino Sinaloa	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Punta Roca Caribbean	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 NNE	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	7	15
Energy(?)	1136	1666	566	720	541	536	705	1269	927	925	834	515	324	324	1008	863	1008	992	997	530	56	321
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)										9:36AM 0.91									6:02PM 0.81
Low Tide / height (m)		1:25AM 0.28													2:19PM 0.73	4:00PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	25	26	25	26	25	25	25	27	28	28	32	28	28	30	30	30	29	28	29	28	25
Chill °C (?)	27	25	26	25	26	25	25	25	27	28	28	32	28	28	30	30	30	29	28	29	28	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	7:12	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	-	0.7 SW
Period (s)	15	8	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	-	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	1.2 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.9 S	0.4 SW	0.7 S	-	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	7	15	7	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	-	7	6	7	6	9	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SE	2.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	1.3 SSE	-	1.3 SSE	-	1.3 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.8 NNE	-
Period (s)	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	4	-	-	7	-	7	-	7	4	7	-

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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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