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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	Fri	Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27
	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	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Egg Island Eleuthera	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Punta Roca Caribbean	Ocos Pacific Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Jacmel South Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	El Paredon Pacific Coast	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Playa Negra Limon	Chacahua Oaxaca	Egg Island Eleuthera	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Bahia Solano Pacific	Jacmel South Coast	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	2	1	3	2	0	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	3	1	3	3	1	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	0.8 NNE	1.6 NE	2.0 NNE	1.6 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 W	0.4 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.4 SW	1.0 N	1.5 N	2.2 NNE	0.4 SW	1.3 SE	2.1 NNE	0.2 ENE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	9	9	8	12	12	8	10	10	16	8	15	10	8	8	17	8	9	14	8	14
Energy(?)	346	213	388	651	338	116	99	79	235	194	215	272	94	410	447	727	115	196	676	31	210	390
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:03PM 1.03	11:27AM 0.85		3:41AM 0.33	5:06AM 0.35	5:30PM 0.28	11:52PM 0.93	6:51AM 0.46	6:41PM 0.06		6:34AM 0.44					9:56PM 2.92	5:49AM 0.56		10:05PM 0.17	8:45AM 0.46		11:24PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)		5:27AM 0.33	5:00PM 0.45	8:13PM 0.10	12:36PM -0.05	12:56PM 0.23			1:30PM -0.09	11:06PM -0.03		2:20PM -0.11	10:52PM 0.05		1:38PM -0.13			3:31PM 0.27	1:14AM 0.14		4:02PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	2	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	3	-
High °C	26	24	27	27	27	28	27	27	27	26	29	25	25	20	26	27	27	28	27	26	27	23
Low °C	25	23	26	26	27	28	24	26	27	24	25	24	23	19	25	26	26	26	26	22	26	21
Chill °C (?)	26	24	27	27	27	28	27	27	27	26	29	25	25	20	26	27	27	28	27	26	27	23
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:38	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.8 NNE	1.6 NE	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 W	0.6 WNW	1.2 ENE	0.5 SE	1.0 N	1.5 N	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	9	-	-	12	10	8	10	10	10	8	6	10	8	9	5	-	-	5	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.6 N	1.1 ENE	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	19	12	-	12	11	16	-	15	13	8	-	17	-	-	8	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 S	-	2.0 NNE	1.6 NE	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	1.0 N	-	-	-	2.2 NNE	-	1.3 SE	2.1 NNE	0.3 SSW	1.3 SE	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	9	8	4	7	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	8	-	8	9	3	8	-

	Fri	Saturday 21								Sunday 22								Monday 23
	9PM	0AM	3AM	7AM	10AM	12PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	12PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	0AM	4AM	7AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Galveston Texas	Egg Island Eleuthera	Jacmel South Coast	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Hammerhead Nayarit	Punta Roca Caribbean	Bahia Solano Pacific	Jacmel South Coast	Ocos Pacific Coast	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Chacahua Oaxaca	Jiquilillo Leon Province
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW	1.8 NE	1.7 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.6 NNE	1.6 SE	1.7 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.9 ENE	1.6 NE	0.4 SSW	1.7 NE	0.5 SW	1.4 SE	1.0 W	1.9 ENE	1.8 NE	0.8 ESE	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	13	9	9	8	12	7	9	9	9	10	9	12	8	12	8	9	9	9	10	18
Energy(?)	246	332	224	528	440	64	165	239	430	528	563	643	388	67	326	87	381	267	591	551	200	143
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		11:03PM 1.03										5:06AM 0.35								5:14AM 0.46	6:41AM 0.80
Low Tide / height (m)									9:52PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	4	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	20	27	25	20	24	25	26	26	25	25	29	22	27	25	25	26	24	23	25	33
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	27	25	20	24	25	26	26	25	25	29	22	27	25	25	26	24	23	25	33
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	6:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.8 NE	1.7 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.6 NNE	-	1.7 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.9 ENE	1.6 NE	1.2 NW	-	0.5 SW	1.2 SE	1.0 W	1.9 ENE	1.8 NE	0.8 ESE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	7	7	9	9	8	12	-	9	9	9	10	9	7	-	12	7	9	9	9	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 SW	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	13	13	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	19	-	12	-	-	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	1.6 SE	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	1.7 NE	0.1 W	1.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.2 W
Period (s)	7	8	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	-	3	-	-	-	8	7	8	2	-	-	-	4

	Friday 20	Saturday 21
	7PM	8PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	8AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	12PM	2PM	3PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Galveston Texas	Egg Island Eleuthera	Jacmel South Coast	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Hammerhead Nayarit	Punta Roca Caribbean	Bahia Solano Pacific	Jacmel South Coast	Ocos Pacific Coast	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Chacahua Oaxaca	Jiquilillo Leon Province
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.8 NE	1.5 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.8 NNE	1.4 SE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 NE	0.6 SSW	1.8 NE	0.6 SW	1.1 SE	0.7 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	8	9	7	13	7	9	9	9	9	9	13	9	13	7	13	9	9	13	13
Energy(?)	208	246	246	428	346	53	239	310	440	440	440	440	528	124	471	138	121	159	413	413	124	124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										4:26AM 0.28
Low Tide / height (m)								2:21AM 0.21										11:18AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	23	22	21	27	25	22	24	24	25	25	25	25	27	22	27	26	28	28	26	27	27	28
Chill °C (?)	23	22	21	27	25	22	24	24	25	25	25	25	27	22	27	26	28	28	26	27	27	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	1.5 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.8 NNE	1.1 SE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 NE	0.6 WNW	-	0.6 SW	1.1 SE	0.7 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	13	13	-	9	7	13	7	9	9	9	9	9	6	-	13	7	13	9	9	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 S
Period (s)	13	10	10	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	8	-	-	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.8 NE	-	-	-	1.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	1.8 NE	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	7	7	8	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	5	9	-	-	3	-	-	4	2

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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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