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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	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wed
	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	Ticla Michoacan	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Bahia Solano Pacific	Chacahua Oaxaca	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jacmel South Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Mariatos Veraguas	Cañaveral Caribbean	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.8 SE	1.2 SSW	1.9 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 NE	0.6 WNW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	24	22	22	20	18	18	18	18	16	16	8	14	8	14	16	14	7	16	13
Energy(?)	560	503	802	1038	1517	1630	2390	828	2193	959	1612	1332	676	482	751	824	590	724	631	144	383	343
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				7:08AM 1.13		7:12PM 0.49	7:07AM 0.93		6:21PM 0.84	7:08AM 0.99		11:00PM 1.69	7:14AM 1.46		7:50PM 1.01	7:38AM 1.11		8:33PM 1.05	7:59AM 1.17		9:08PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			11:40PM 0.39		2:01PM 0.40	1:14AM 0.19		1:10PM 0.54	12:42AM 0.33		1:19PM 0.40			4:36PM 0.20	1:41AM 0.36		2:11PM 0.10	2:10AM 0.42			2:32AM 0.56	9:05AM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	2
High °C	28	29	26	28	30	26	27	25	26	27	25	27	28	27	25	29	28	26	26	28	25	26
Low °C	28	28	24	28	28	25	27	25	25	27	25	25	27	27	24	26	28	25	26	27	22	26
Chill °C (?)	28	29	26	28	30	26	27	25	26	27	25	27	28	27	25	29	28	26	26	28	25	26
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:24
Sunset	-	6:27	-	-	6:25	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SW	-	1.2 SSW	1.5 SE	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 NE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	22	22	20	18	18	18	18	16	16	-	14	9	14	16	14	7	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 S	-	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	7	14	19	24	13	17	16	21	8	6	12	9	6	-	19	-	7	13	6	7	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	1.8 SE	-	1.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	11	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Wednesday 29							Thursday 30								Friday 31
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	11AM	3PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Ticla Michoacan	La Saladita Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Las Lisas Pacific Coast	Hammerhead Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Celestino Sinaloa	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bahia Solano Pacific
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	24	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	20
Energy(?)	682	598	592	440	613	609	538	802	1410	1387	1056	1078	1172	1915	1898	1630	1559	2164	2371	1439	2031	1394
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:40AM 0.89	9:32AM 1.13							7:31AM 0.88								7:07AM 0.93
Low Tide / height (m)								11:40PM 0.39					12:40PM 0.94				12:12AM 0.35				12:41PM 0.75	4:52PM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Temp. °C	25	25	26	27	28	28	26	25	25	24	27	31	28	28	26	25	25	25	27	27	27	25
Chill °C (?)	25	25	26	27	28	28	26	25	25	24	27	31	28	28	26	25	25	25	27	27	27	25
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	8	8	26	13	19	24	24	24	24	23	13	18	17	16	12	16	16	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 29
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	7PM	9PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Ticla Michoacan	La Saladita Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Las Lisas Pacific Coast	Hammerhead Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Celestino Sinaloa	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bahia Solano Pacific
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	707	707	682	413	585	632	598	591	592	592	512	401	440	391	503	503	397	397	397	326	427	196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)									8:40AM 0.89
Low Tide / height (m)														1:59PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	25	25	25	27	27	27	25	25	26	28	29	28	27	28	29	29	29	28	27	26	27	25
Chill °C (?)	25	25	25	27	27	27	25	25	26	28	29	28	27	28	29	29	29	28	27	26	27	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	12	7	7	14	14	14	14	13	14	8	9	14	14	10	10	10	20	19	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	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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