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 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			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	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Indicas Great Abaco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Tamarindo Guanacaste
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	1.2 ESE	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	16	10	15	15	13	14	12	12	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	16	15	13
Energy(?)	236	218	455	389	329	299	236	199	302	69	339	322	334	262	235	537	218	291	453	509	568	173
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:23PM 0.61	1:29AM 0.89	7:52AM 2.29		9:15PM 3.10	8:41AM 1.47		9:28PM 0.84	5:16AM 0.92		11:29PM 2.98	4:14AM 1.07		9:30PM 0.93	7:23AM 1.06		9:49PM 0.95	8:09AM 1.12	1:21PM 1.77	1:42AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)		5:10PM 0.59			2:54PM 0.79	3:43AM 0.69		12:46PM 0.26	12:45AM 0.81		1:31PM 0.13		10:48AM 0.18	2:11PM 0.02	2:09AM 0.69		2:48PM -0.04	2:41AM 0.63			7:22PM 0.31	8:10AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	29	24	26	27	21	32	28	27	23	29	23	30	27	22	30	27	22	29	26	22	30
Low °C	27	26	20	25	25	20	29	26	25	22	26	21	28	25	20	27	25	20	27	25	20	27
Chill °C (?)	28	29	24	26	27	21	32	28	27	23	29	23	30	27	22	30	27	22	29	26	22	30
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:24	-	-	7:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.2 ESE	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 NW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	14	10	6	15	13	14	10	6	16	5	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	16	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.8 NNE	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.1 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	17	14	16	9	15	7	10	12	12	12	11	16	11	5	5	20	5	19	18	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NNE
Period (s)	4	4	6	4	-	-	3	-	-	-	12	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Sunday 25							Monday 26								Tuesday 27
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	7PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	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	Playa Jaco Golfo de Nicoya	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	Mariatos Veraguas	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Indicas Great Abaco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	1.1 E	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	12	10	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	247	337	307	279	214	417	273	455	323	295	469	132	307	329	314	299	299	267	245	248	211	228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	12:47AM 0.91						7:29PM 1.87		1:29AM 0.89				1:05PM 0.75					3:16AM 0.88
Low Tide / height (m)			8:13AM 0.50		2:03PM 0.64																2:47PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	24	28	28	27	27	22	20	21	23	26	26	25	21	21	20	20	22	32	33	30
Chill °C (?)	22	22	24	28	28	27	27	22	20	21	23	26	26	25	21	21	20	20	22	32	33	30
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	1.1 E	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	6	12	10	6	7	15	15	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NE	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	15	12	12	10	16	16	7	16	16	16	13	5	8	15	15	7	7	7	13	10	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.5 NE	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-

	Sunday 25
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	6AM	7AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	2PM	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	Playa Jaco Golfo de Nicoya	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	Mariatos Veraguas	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Indicas Great Abaco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	1.2 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	10	14	14	14	15	15	15	13	13	13
Energy(?)	281	251	247	221	232	294	194	305	307	283	219	128	397	218	218	218	273	273	277	264	263	260
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:47AM 0.91						6:55AM 1.62								2:23PM 0.61					7:29PM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)									8:13AM 0.50									5:10PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	22	24	25	25	24	22	24	26	28	27	24	30	29	28	27	26	25	25	25	25
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	24	25	25	24	22	24	26	28	27	24	30	29	28	27	26	25	25	25	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	6:31	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	1.2 E	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	10	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 SE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 N	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	15	15	15	10	18	18	6	12	12	12	12	5	10	14	14	14	15	15	15	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.8 SE	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	3	4	4	-	4	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	2	2	2

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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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