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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	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	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	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Indicas Great Abaco	San Augustin Oaxaca	Indicas Great Abaco	Jensen Beach Florida - South	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	3.0 ENE	1.0 SW	2.5 NE	2.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	2.1 NE	1.1 SW	0.7 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	13	15	12	12	14	12	16	16	15	14	14	14	21	13
Energy(?)	502	601	719	536	784	740	651	587	2521	506	2007	1694	531	1202	680	509	632	615	616	566	919	469
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	on	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	9:54AM 0.87	4:02PM 0.85		9:33AM 0.71	5:51PM 1.31	9:40PM 0.78	9:16AM 0.92		7:02PM 0.97	9:26AM 0.94		8:09PM 0.69	9:27AM 1.28		8:23PM 1.07	9:53AM 0.96		8:56PM 1.08	10:07AM 0.97	2:49PM 2.70	9:31PM 1.54	10:20AM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)		1:33PM 0.83	1:10AM 0.19		12:39PM 1.03			2:04PM 0.69	2:23AM 0.05		2:27PM 0.62			4:18PM 0.43		3:19AM 0.06	3:15PM 0.49		3:42AM 0.11			4:01AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	3	4	-	-	4	-	4	1	3	4	6	-
High °C	28	31	26	28	30	28	29	31	29	28	30	29	26	31	27	27	29	26	28	28	26	28
Low °C	28	30	24	28	30	25	28	29	29	27	29	28	25	30	25	26	27	25	28	28	24	28
Chill °C (?)	28	31	26	28	30	28	29	31	29	28	30	29	26	31	27	27	29	26	28	28	26	28
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:46
Sunset	-	7:24	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	3.0 ENE	1.0 SW	2.5 NE	2.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	2.1 NE	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	17	16	16	16	16	15	13	15	12	12	8	12	16	8	15	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 W	0.5 S	-	0.8 S	0.2 ESE	-	0.8 SSW	-	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	18	18	12	12	8	7	10	11	-	7	9	-	14	-	9	16	9	10	9	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	3	-	6	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	8	-	-

	Sunday 17							Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Ticla Michoacan	Hammerhead Nayarit	Puerto Escondido Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Ticla Michoacan	Hammerhead Nayarit	La Saladita Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	529	513	549	533	535	611	766	719	617	604	535	708	543	714	704	740	668	610	564	290	604	706
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				9:25AM 0.70								9:33AM 0.71			6:01PM 0.90					10:57AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)	12:17AM 0.31					3:12PM 0.19			1:10AM 0.19				12:39PM 1.03	3:32PM 0.40			1:49AM 0.10				1:30PM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	25	25	28	29	29	28	26	24	24	25	28	28	29	28	28	26	25	25	28	29	29	29
Chill °C (?)	25	25	28	29	29	28	26	24	24	25	28	28	29	28	28	26	25	25	28	29	29	29
Sunrise	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	19	18	18	18	18	13	13	12	12	11	11	4	12	12	7	7	7	11	4	16	11	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW	-	0.3 W	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	-	-	0.3 WNW	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	4	4	-	6	3	4	4	4	-	6	-	4	7	4	4	-	-	4	-

	Sunday 17
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Ticla Michoacan	Hammerhead Nayarit	Puerto Escondido Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Ticla Michoacan	Hammerhead Nayarit	La Saladita Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	18	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	18	18
Energy(?)	539	532	529	521	528	492	556	551	549	547	537	533	491	603	601	601	742	742	742	268	636	741
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)										9:54AM 0.87							4:02PM 0.85
Low Tide / height (m)	12:17AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
High °C	25	25	25	26	29	26	25	26	28	29	30	29	28	30	31	31	30	30	29	24	29	25
Chill °C (?)	25	25	25	26	29	26	25	26	28	29	30	29	28	30	31	31	30	30	29	24	29	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	13	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	12	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.3 NNW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	6	6	6	-	7	6

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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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