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

	Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Mon
	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	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Puerto Escondido Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit
Rating	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.0 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	22	20	20	18	17	17	16	5	14	14	14	14	13	22	20	19	18	18	17	16
Energy(?)	266	223	805	663	1131	1419	1087	1256	1305	68	976	626	487	439	553	704	1069	1796	1397	2110	1580	1275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:18PM 0.99	7:08AM 1.87		7:19PM 2.32			8:36PM 0.94			10:11PM 2.43	11:14AM 2.30		9:01PM 0.90	6:57AM 0.85		8:51PM 0.93	7:29AM 0.95	5:37PM 0.45	12:30AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)		1:28PM -0.07	1:40AM 0.18		1:06PM 0.60	1:43AM 0.73		1:28PM 0.41	2:57AM 0.24		1:32PM 0.32		4:50AM 1.17	4:06PM 1.08	2:18AM 0.65		1:59PM 0.18	2:14AM 0.58			6:17PM 0.77	8:00AM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	34	28	22	28	28	23	33	27	28	25	29	22	23	28	27	24	27	23	24	28	22	24
Low °C	29	25	20	27	26	21	28	26	25	23	28	21	23	26	25	24	26	21	23	26	20	24
Chill °C (?)	34	28	22	28	28	23	33	27	28	25	29	22	23	28	27	24	27	23	24	28	22	24
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:18	-	-	5:56	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	7:06	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 S	0.4 E	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	22	20	20	18	17	17	16	8	14	14	14	14	13	13	20	19	18	18	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.8 WNW	0.6 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W
Period (s)	14	13	14	13	14	12	12	7	7	8	18	7	6	6	9	22	13	12	12	12	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 E	-	-	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	4	5	5	-	6	7	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5

	Monday 09							Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11
	5AM	7AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	3PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Jacmel South Coast	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Chacahua Oaxaca	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Bahia Solano Pacific	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	South Padre Island Texas	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Bahia Solano Pacific
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	1.7 ENE	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SE	1.4 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	13	14	11	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	7	16	16
Energy(?)	505	470	230	246	251	464	668	805	1055	1298	1363	1466	704	930	1525	1419	1319	1251	1205	262	1132	823
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:44AM 0.33	6:46AM 0.76					10:26PM 0.94								10:13PM 0.92
Low Tide / height (m)					12:28PM 0.48				1:40AM 0.18		6:20AM 0.47		2:03PM 0.98								1:50PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	24	26	34	35	27	22	21	25	20	23	31	27	27	23	21	21	21	24	29	34	27
Chill °C (?)	24	24	26	34	35	27	22	21	25	20	23	31	27	27	23	21	21	21	24	29	34	27
Sunrise	-	6:39	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	1.7 ENE	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SE	1.4 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	7	9	13	11	11	13	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	7	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	0.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	16	14	15	22	12	14	12	6	6	12	14	12	12	12	7	7	7	-	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	-	-	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	-	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.2 E	1.2 NW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSE	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	3	4	-	4	5	6	6	-	-	5	-	7	7	-	-	-	6	11	-

	Monday 09
	3AM	3AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	2PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	9PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Jacmel South Coast	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Chacahua Oaxaca	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Bahia Solano Pacific	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	South Padre Island Texas	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Bahia Solano Pacific
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SE	1.7 ENE	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SE	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	9	12	16	15	15	12	11	13	11	11	13	15	14	12	12	22	22	22	5	22	21
Energy(?)	268	480	317	231	238	305	109	123	230	123	160	493	73	441	223	225	454	454	454	67	640	317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)													1:24PM 0.77			3:32PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	24	24	25	25	25	25	21	21	26	25	26	29	27	29	28	28	27	25	24	23	29	25
Chill °C (?)	24	24	25	25	25	25	21	21	26	25	26	29	27	29	28	28	27	25	24	23	29	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	1.7 ENE	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	7	9	12	11	15	15	5	11	13	11	11	13	11	14	12	12	12	12	12	-	14	21
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	15	15	11	11	11	5	16	5	12	23	5	23	13	13	22	22	22	-	22	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SE	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 SE	0.9 ESE	-
Period (s)	7	-	4	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-

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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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