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			Wednesday 24
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Puerto Escondido Oaxaca	Cañaveral Caribbean	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	San Augustin Oaxaca	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Ocos Pacific Coast	Puerto Escondido Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	La Saladita Guerrero	La Saladita Guerrero	San Augustin Oaxaca	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Pascuales Colima	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca
Rating	4	0	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	0.7 NE	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	6	14	13	13	13	8	12	12	14	11	13	13	18	17	16	16	16	14	9	9	11
Energy(?)	1079	41	826	699	525	460	395	237	279	354	185	207	232	307	390	514	754	424	425	1434	1097	1577
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	on	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:21PM 0.73	11:08AM 0.90		11:40PM 0.80		12:08PM 0.84	7:30AM 0.80	9:04AM 1.50	1:09PM 0.80	1:42AM 0.79	9:15AM 1.03		2:41AM 0.84		3:04PM 0.99		3:40AM 0.78	3:45PM 1.72	10:09PM 0.94	9:46AM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)		4:28AM 0.14	5:36PM 0.25		5:50AM 0.22		1:32PM 0.13			7:33PM 0.25	3:08AM 0.23	3:18PM 0.30	8:24PM 0.23	9:19AM 0.34		9:10PM 0.21	10:13AM 0.24			3:44AM 0.42	4:18PM 0.24	10:47PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	3	-	6	2	4	-	2	2	7	2	3	1	-	1	-	5	-	1	9	-	-
High °C	27	29	28	27	28	27	27	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	27	27	28	28	25	27	26
Low °C	25	29	28	26	26	25	25	26	27	26	28	28	29	29	28	26	27	27	26	24	27	25
Chill °C (?)	27	29	28	27	28	27	27	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	27	27	28	28	25	27	26
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:25	-	7:05	6:55	-	-	6:43	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	0.7 NE	1.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	14	6	14	8	13	13	8	12	8	7	11	13	7	7	17	16	8	16	14	9	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 S	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SSE	1.0 SW	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	4	8	13	8	8	13	7	12	14	8	7	13	18	7	7	16	7	7	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.8 SSE	-	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	7	-	5	6	-	-	-	3	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	5PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Puerto Escondido Oaxaca	Puerto Escondido Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Egg Island Eleuthera	Stoners Point (San Blas) Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	San Augustin Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Pinitas Guerrero	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Bonfil Guerrero
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	7	12
Energy(?)	1116	1081	1044	1127	1121	987	114	251	720	699	608	686	545	620	526	617	552	546	346	336	270	346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:21PM 0.73				11:08AM 0.90				11:27PM 0.73				11:20AM 0.67	12:25PM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)				4:40AM 0.17							2:30AM 0.14						6:21PM 0.29		2:50AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	1	1	1	-	-	6	-	-	1	1	1	1	3	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	25	25	25	27	27	28	29	27	26	26	26	27	28	28	27	27	25	26	25	28	27
Chill °C (?)	27	25	25	25	27	27	28	29	27	26	26	26	27	28	28	27	27	25	26	25	28	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	14	13	8	8	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 NE	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	8	7	8	7	8	5	8	8	13	13	7	13	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	3AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Puerto Escondido Oaxaca	Puerto Escondido Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Egg Island Eleuthera	Stoners Point (San Blas) Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	San Augustin Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Pinitas Guerrero	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Bonfil Guerrero
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 N	0.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1129	1144	1116	1109	1110	1081	58	335	1044	1042	1165	1156	970	749	1269	946	835	882	740	731	645	706
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					10:33PM 0.79												10:57AM 0.82	11:48AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)																					2:21PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	27	27	27	26	25	27	26	25	25	27	26	25	27	27	26	28	28	30	30	30	29
Chill °C (?)	28	27	27	27	26	25	27	26	25	25	27	26	25	27	27	26	28	28	30	30	30	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 N	0.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.1 NE	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.6 SE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	8	-	-	7	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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