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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	Wed		Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Chacahua Oaxaca	La Saladita Guerrero	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Pinitas Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Ocos Pacific Coast	Puerto Escondido Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Egg Island Eleuthera	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Pascuales Colima	Pinitas Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	1	4	5	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	2.2 ESE	0.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	8	12	12	14	12	13	14	18	17	16	9	6	14	9	11
Energy(?)	858	594	500	826	659	411	500	395	237	279	354	192	207	206	307	551	534	192	882	425	1093	1411
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	on	glass	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		11:21PM 1.48	11:08AM 0.90		7:52PM 1.00	8:56AM 1.00	7:29PM 1.68	1:14AM 1.19		1:41PM 1.76	1:42AM 0.79			9:17PM 1.04	8:55AM 0.54	3:08PM 1.94		3:32AM 0.90	3:59PM 0.64		9:46AM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)	5:11PM 0.40		4:28AM 0.14	2:21PM 0.50	2:30AM 0.14			7:07PM 0.30	7:41AM 0.51		7:33PM 0.25	8:03AM 0.25	3:18PM 0.30		3:23AM 0.37		9:14PM 0.26	10:00AM 0.21		9:57PM 0.21	3:44AM 0.42	4:18PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	2	2	8	4	4	1	6	1	1	2	-	2	-	4	2	1	4	-	4
High °C	30	26	27	28	28	26	28	27	27	28	27	28	29	26	29	28	28	29	28	27	27	30
Low °C	29	25	26	27	26	25	27	25	26	25	26	27	29	25	28	28	26	28	28	26	26	28
Chill °C (?)	30	26	27	28	28	26	28	27	27	28	27	28	29	26	29	28	28	29	28	27	27	30
Sunrise	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:24	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	7:00	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:27	-	7:01	6:34	-	-	6:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 S	0.9 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	2.0 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	8	12	8	7	8	13	14	7	7	8	9	8	14	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 NNE	0.8 SW	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	7	6	8	8	7	8	13	7	12	14	12	7	7	18	17	16	9	15	7	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	-	2.2 ESE	-	-	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	6	-	-	11

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	8AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	El Paredon Pacific Coast	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Celestino Sinaloa	Puerto Arista Oaxaca	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Las Lisas Pacific Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	La Saladita Guerrero	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Chacahua Oaxaca	Pinitas Guerrero	Pinitas Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8
Energy(?)	1236	1055	1116	1034	1255	1156	502	698	505	554	720	699	608	686	571	518	516	617	552	533	346	336
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							7:50AM 1.48	11:36AM 1.27	12:02PM 2.35			11:27PM 0.73					12:51PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		5:11PM 0.40			2:07AM 0.13								2:30AM 0.14						6:21PM 0.29		2:50AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	4	-	-	4	-	5	3	1	-	-	5	1	4	3	1	1	1
Temp. °C	28	28	27	26	26	25	27	27	26	27	27	26	26	25	27	25	26	27	26	26	26	25
Chill °C (?)	28	28	27	26	26	25	27	27	26	27	27	26	26	25	27	25	26	27	26	26	26	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	6:29	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	13	8	8	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	8	7	14	8	8	8	6	8	8	13	13	7	13	8	8	8	8	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17											Thursday 18
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	El Paredon Pacific Coast	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Celestino Sinaloa	Puerto Arista Oaxaca	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Las Lisas Pacific Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	La Saladita Guerrero	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Chacahua Oaxaca	Pinitas Guerrero	Pinitas Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1215	1239	1273	871	869	867	679	1016	602	856	1100	1081	1063	1191	903	785	1000	970	878	868	1059	1043
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)											10:21PM 0.73										8:48AM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)															2:52AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	27	29	30	29	29	29	29	26	27	26	26	26	26	26	24	24	26	25	26	27	29
Chill °C (?)	27	27	29	30	29	29	29	29	26	27	26	26	26	26	26	24	24	26	25	26	27	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	0.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	7	7	8	8	7	14	7	7	15	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	7	-	-	-	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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