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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	Tue	Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03
	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	Mariatos Veraguas	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Isla Grande Colón	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Negra Limon	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Tumaco Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Negra Limon	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	4	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	2.2 NNE	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 N	0.7 S	2.1 NNE	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	16	16	15	15	8	14	14	13	16	15	8	14	13	12	7	14	8	18	17
Energy(?)	349	139	390	308	297	216	274	195	235	268	388	434	502	657	403	304	209	86	487	616	929	954
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:28PM 0.84	5:16AM 0.92		9:16PM 0.90	12:26PM 2.69		11:35PM 2.02	11:19AM 0.74		9:49PM 0.95	8:09AM 1.12		10:11PM 0.96		3:33PM 3.28	2:41AM 2.83	9:26AM 1.13		10:51PM 0.96	9:59AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)	12:45AM 0.81		1:31PM 0.13	1:35AM 0.75	6:07AM 0.68	6:28PM 0.90		5:56AM 0.25	2:48PM -0.04	2:41AM 0.63		3:21PM -0.05		9:14AM 0.20		8:30PM 0.34	3:42AM 0.52	4:20PM 0.06		4:12AM 0.49	4:42PM 0.15	10:07PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
High °C	26	31	30	23	30	27	23	26	28	23	27	27	23	22	28	24	28	25	23	21	28	22
Low °C	24	27	27	20	27	26	21	26	26	22	26	26	23	22	27	21	23	25	20	21	25	21
Chill °C (?)	26	31	30	23	30	27	23	26	28	23	27	27	23	22	28	24	28	25	23	21	28	22
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.3 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	2.2 NNE	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 N	0.7 S	2.1 NNE	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	16	16	16	15	6	8	14	14	13	16	15	8	14	13	12	7	14	8	18	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SE	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 NW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SE	0.4 NNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.5 S	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	18	7	11	12	11	6	15	7	6	6	18	13	13	7	12	12	9	8	17	-	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 NNE	-	1.1 NW	0.6 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.5 NE	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.8 NW
Period (s)	3	3	12	5	3	-	6	5	9	6	-	8	4	-	8	-	4	-	3	-	-	5

	Tue	Wednesday 28								Thursday 29								Friday 30
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	6PM	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	Mariatos Veraguas	Mariatos Veraguas	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Puerto Escondido Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Mariatos Veraguas	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	323	280	215	205	281	277	155	221	273	308	316	249	232	396	416	229	256	274	260	266	250	237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:28PM 0.84		5:16AM 0.92		11:07AM 2.64				9:16PM 0.90			6:30AM 0.99	12:26PM 2.69				9:30PM 0.93			7:23AM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)			12:45AM 0.81					3:24PM 0.01			1:35AM 0.75					5:18PM 0.68			2:09AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	22	22	28	30	31	26	23	22	21	20	23	30	31	25	23	21	21	21	22	31
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	22	28	30	31	26	23	22	21	20	23	30	31	25	23	21	21	21	22	31
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	16	16	16	5	6	6	15	15	15	15	6	6	6	6	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	18	17	12	12	12	12	16	16	15	11	11	11	12	15	15	15	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.3 SW	-	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	-	-	3	-	2	-	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 27				Wednesday 28
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	9AM	10AM	10AM	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	Mariatos Veraguas	Mariatos Veraguas	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Puerto Escondido Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Mariatos Veraguas	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	18	18	18	12	12	12	18	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	17
Energy(?)	212	323	323	346	353	349	267	211	215	214	206	205	201	281	281	140	280	314	312	394	390	148
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)				9:28PM 0.84								5:16AM 0.92				9:59AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)																				1:31PM 0.13		3:56PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	22	22	26	25	25	24	22	22	22	22	22	27	28	28	29	30	29	29	30	33
Chill °C (?)	24	23	22	22	26	25	25	24	22	22	22	22	22	27	28	28	29	30	29	29	30	33
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	16	16	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	18	18	10	18	12	12	12	12	12	18	18	18	11	11	11	11	11	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	12	12	3

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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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