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

	Tue	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21
	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Salina Cruz Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Playa Teta Gulf of Panama	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	La Saladita Guerrero	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	3	1	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	1.0 E	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.5 SSE	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	9	15	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	16	15	14	14	14	18	18	17	16
Energy(?)	510	155	686	1065	544	839	572	478	506	503	373	468	524	584	572	662	177	600	782	631	674	1028
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)				8:24PM 1.10														12:08PM 0.75	10:04PM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)				2:46AM 0.14													5:10AM 0.09	3:49PM 0.65		5:59AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	30	22	30	28	26	28	24	26	28	27	26	29	24	33	29	28	31	29	27	25	29	23
Low °C	28	22	29	26	26	27	22	26	27	25	26	27	23	28	29	26	29	27	25	24	27	21
Chill °C (?)	30	22	30	28	26	28	24	26	28	27	26	29	24	33	29	28	31	29	27	25	29	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	7:51	6:45	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 E	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.5 SSE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	9	15	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.4 W
Period (s)	7	-	10	10	6	7	6	5	6	18	6	7	7	9	12	13	18	12	18	18	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 N	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	-	-	8	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	8	-	7	3	5	-	-	5	4

	Tue	Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	8AM	12PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	4AM	7AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	La Saladita Guerrero	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Celestino Sinaloa	Tamarindo Guanacaste	Playa Teta Gulf of Panama	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	La Saladita Guerrero	Chacahua Oaxaca	Mariatos Veraguas	Mariatos Veraguas	Chacahua Oaxaca	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	15	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	583	588	692	517	567	555	180	715	1028	1065	1393	1375	1005	661	683	693	618	572	645	619	607	537
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-
High Tide / height (m)																	8:42PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)																				3:18AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	28	27	21	26	32	31	28	26	28	25	25	27	35	26	28	24	23	22	22	25	33
Chill °C (?)	26	28	27	21	26	32	31	28	26	28	25	25	27	35	26	28	24	23	22	22	25	33
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	6	15	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SE	0.1 W	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	5	15	19	14	15	10	10	-	-	9	9	10	-	6	6	6	6	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	1.3 WNW	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	8	-	6	5	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	9	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 14					Wednesday 15
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	10PM	0AM	2AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	6AM	7AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	La Saladita Guerrero	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Celestino Sinaloa	Tamarindo Guanacaste	Playa Teta Gulf of Panama	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	La Saladita Guerrero	Chacahua Oaxaca	Mariatos Veraguas	Mariatos Veraguas	Chacahua Oaxaca	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSE	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	19	14	14	14	14	14	15
Energy(?)	510	594	594	454	338	412	113	408	565	613	820	817	675	425	456	499	537	534	603	447	447	509
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																					2:23PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	28	28	24	26	27	26	26	25	27	25	25	27	29	26	29	28	28	28	28	28	31
Chill °C (?)	27	28	28	24	26	27	26	26	25	27	25	25	27	29	26	29	28	28	28	28	28	31
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSE	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	10	21	20	9	9	20	19	19	9	18	19	6	6	6	6	6	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 NE	0.5 NNE	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 ESE	1.1 NW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	-	-	8	-	-	4	5	6	-	3	3	3	3	3	4

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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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