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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	Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Sat
	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	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	13	14	13	12	22	22	20	18	18	18
Energy(?)	279	368	204	299	459	538	456	487	712	621	508	602	285	520	802	234	1805	1627	2390	785	2162	993
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	on	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			11:14PM 0.68	10:01AM 1.40	5:41PM 2.30		9:26AM 0.97			9:19AM 0.93		7:16PM 0.68	7:15AM 2.17			7:31AM 0.88	5:21PM 0.73		7:07AM 0.93		6:03PM 1.18	9:40AM 0.84
Low Tide / height (m)	11:44AM 0.14	4:40PM 0.23		3:40AM 0.78		11:37PM 0.71		5:49PM 0.38				1:09AM 0.02			11:40PM 0.39		1:37PM 0.65	12:12AM 0.35		3:45PM 0.83	12:29AM 0.43	3:28AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1
High °C	27	30	26	27	30	26	28	29	26	28	29	26	27	30	26	27	30	26	27	26	26	27
Low °C	27	28	25	27	28	25	28	28	25	28	28	25	26	28	24	26	28	25	27	25	24	26
Chill °C (?)	27	30	26	27	30	26	28	29	26	28	29	26	27	30	26	27	30	26	27	26	26	27
Sunrise	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	7:05	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	7:07	-	-	5:24
Sunset	-	6:29	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:25	-	-	5:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	6	18	4	6	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	7	14	13	7	22	22	20	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 S	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	18	13	8	16	5	15	15	7	14	14	7	8	19	12	13	17	16	6	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 25							Sunday 26								Monday 27
	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	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Salina Cruz Oaxaca	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	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	Puerto Escondido Oaxaca
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	18	18	18	14	14	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	16
Energy(?)	230	262	356	324	246	269	320	204	200	295	359	356	308	494	542	538	624	734	776	419	390	558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				9:47AM 1.46		5:03PM 2.41		11:14PM 0.68								11:56PM 0.61
Low Tide / height (m)		3:17AM 0.58								3:05AM 0.60				5:08PM 0.30			2:02AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	-
Temp. °C	26	25	27	28	27	26	26	26	25	25	28	31	27	28	26	25	25	25	27	26	28	28
Chill °C (?)	26	25	27	28	27	26	26	26	25	25	28	31	27	28	26	25	25	25	27	26	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 S	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	5	18	18	6	6	18	4	18	18	18	7	6	17	17	17	17	17	17	7	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	7	18	5	13	14	14	8	18	5	8	8	12	13	7	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	4	5	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	-

	Saturday 25
	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	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Salina Cruz Oaxaca	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	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	Puerto Escondido Oaxaca
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	19	19	19	14	14	18	18	18	18	18	19	14	18	18	18	18	18	18	13	18	18
Energy(?)	228	193	193	172	236	273	262	355	356	356	352	281	272	369	368	358	369	367	366	273	197	399
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)					4:34AM 2.62					9:18AM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)				3:39AM 0.73								11:28AM -0.04					4:40PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	27	26	28	25	25	25	26	27	28	29	31	27	29	30	30	29	28	27	26	28	27
Chill °C (?)	26	27	26	28	25	25	25	26	27	28	29	31	27	29	30	30	29	28	27	26	28	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	6	6	5	18	18	18	18	13	6	18	18	18	18	18	18	6	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	19	19	19	14	14	18	5	5	5	13	19	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	0.3 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	7	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	4	-	5	5	5	4	4	4	-	3	-

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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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