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

	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thu
	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	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	La Saladita Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Jacmel South Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Mariatos Veraguas	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Tamarindo Guanacaste	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Playa Negra Limon	Tamarindo Guanacaste
Rating	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	1.1 SE	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 NE	1.9 ENE	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	8	18	18	16	18	16	16	15	14	9	9	13
Energy(?)	192	301	326	359	400	412	382	270	307	109	165	338	736	378	559	447	641	367	340	539	627	215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:12PM 0.04	12:18PM 2.67		11:32PM 2.41	7:39AM 1.02		11:54PM 0.95	8:18AM 1.08		1:35AM 2.25	8:52AM 1.59	2:12PM 2.67	10:56PM 0.59	9:51AM 0.58		12:17AM 0.24	9:54AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)		4:00PM -0.12	1:26AM -0.05	5:54AM 0.78	5:04PM 0.59			5:06PM 0.09			3:06PM 0.05	7:23PM 0.43				4:21AM 0.37	3:50PM 0.17		3:56AM 0.33	4:10PM 0.28	9:49PM 0.16	9:47AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	32	27	23	24	27	23	28	27	22	27	27	26	32	27	22	31	29	26	24	26	24	31
Low °C	27	27	22	24	26	21	28	26	21	27	26	24	29	26	20	28	28	24	23	26	22	29
Chill °C (?)	32	27	23	24	27	23	28	27	22	27	27	26	32	27	22	31	29	26	24	26	24	31
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	7:26	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:35	-	-	5:56	-	-	7:22	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	6:37	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:04	-	-	5:55	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 NE	1.9 ENE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	-	12	18	16	18	16	16	15	14	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SW	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	-	-	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	9	11	9	9	9	19	-	18	12	12	16	16	11	11	16	-	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 W	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	1.1 SE	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.4 SSE	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	5	6	-	-	7	5	-	-	11	4	8	-	8	-	-	5	6	4	-	-	-	3

	Thursday 26							Friday 27								Saturday 28
	3AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	7AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Mariatos Veraguas	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	La Saladita Guerrero	La Saladita Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Playa Negra Limon
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	18	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	9	14	14	13	9
Energy(?)	202	275	257	487	202	354	387	537	571	386	450	262	409	261	519	523	404	516	317	299	342	354
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:10AM 0.47	10:52AM 2.62				9:58PM 1.04			6:52AM 0.93	10:57AM 1.85				10:06PM 0.78			7:39AM 1.02		12:06PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	2:06AM 0.78					3:50PM 0.76							2:03PM 0.12	5:13PM 0.75			2:21AM 0.60					5:45PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	23	24	31	33	26	23	24	24	22	24	32	24	26	24	23	21	26	23	24	26	26
Chill °C (?)	21	23	24	31	33	26	23	24	24	22	24	32	24	26	24	23	21	26	23	24	26	26
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	7:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	14	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	9	14	14	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.0 N	0.8 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 S	0.1 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	18	8	7	6	9	8	13	9	9	12	12	9	4	9	9	9	11	-	11	7	21	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	0.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	9	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	10	-

	Thursday 26
	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Mariatos Veraguas	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	La Saladita Guerrero	La Saladita Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Playa Negra Limon
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	1.1 N	1.0 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.7 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	18	8	8	17	17	16	18	16	16	17	17	16	18	16	16	16	16	8	16	16	16	8
Energy(?)	150	251	252	339	142	195	162	318	312	232	231	202	193	224	368	319	376	358	376	252	428	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)									8:57AM 0.74													10:05PM 0.17
Low Tide / height (m)				4:32AM 0.77											2:26PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	23	24	24	25	21	23	24	25	26	32	23	29	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	24
Chill °C (?)	22	23	23	24	24	25	21	23	24	25	26	32	23	29	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	18	8	8	17	13	16	14	16	16	17	17	16	13	16	16	16	16	8	16	16	16	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	11	8	8	13	17	13	18	14	13	13	10	10	18	8	13	13	13	-	13	12	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	1.7 NNE	-	-	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	5	-	-	-	2	-	-	6	6	-	8	-	-	9	-

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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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