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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	Thursday 31			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thu
	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	Ticla Michoacan	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Hammerhead Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Ticla Michoacan	La Saladita Guerrero	Pinitas Guerrero	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Chacahua Oaxaca	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Pascuales Colima
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SE	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	15	14	18	15	16	14	14	15	15	14	16	17	16	16	16	15	9	14
Energy(?)	483	477	710	597	1096	491	1170	710	773	533	595	501	354	663	447	779	982	959	815	1093	1756	637
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:27PM 0.85	7:26PM 0.77	8:06AM 1.12			11:24AM 0.82			10:23AM 0.82	4:50PM 0.80		9:26AM 1.06		6:04PM 0.86	11:08AM 0.91		6:51PM 0.93	9:31AM 0.88	12:20PM 1.95	7:35PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			1:32AM 0.10			1:06AM 0.36		3:25PM 0.29	1:14AM 0.36		1:59PM 0.78	1:35AM 0.27		5:02PM 0.84	1:58AM 0.19	3:55AM 0.15	1:58PM 0.72	2:22AM 0.11			2:50AM 0.09	7:30AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	heavy rain	clear	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	-	-	1	-	3	-	50	-	1	-	2	3	4	-	5	-	-	2	1
High °C	28	28	26	29	30	27	27	27	27	24	29	29	28	30	27	29	29	28	29	27	27	29
Low °C	28	28	24	28	30	25	26	26	25	23	29	26	28	29	26	28	29	26	27	27	26	25
Chill °C (?)	28	28	26	29	30	27	27	27	27	24	29	29	28	30	27	29	29	28	29	27	27	29
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:31	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	7:10	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:27	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	9	9	15	14	18	15	16	14	14	13	15	14	5	17	16	16	9	8	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 W	0.8 S	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 S
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	20	8	14	18	13	6	13	15	7	7	16	13	13	12	16	15	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.9 S	-	0.7 SE	0.9 SW	0.8 W	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	11	-	10	6	8	-	7	3	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-

	Thursday 31							Friday 01								Saturday 02
	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	Chacahua Oaxaca	San Augustin Oaxaca	Ticla Michoacan	Pascuales Colima	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Hammerhead Nayarit	Punta Mango Costa del Balsamo
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	12	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	20	20	16	15	15	14	18	18	15	18	14
Energy(?)	570	533	608	566	584	604	671	1000	762	625	760	830	826	468	570	705	750	1036	1033	922	715	689
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:31AM 0.94										1:35PM 1.18								2:50PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)		5:08AM 0.53					8:48PM 0.56		1:56AM 0.55								12:56AM 0.46					3:31PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	25	27	30	28	28	26	27	26	24	26	30	29	27	27	26	26	25	28	32	28	29
Chill °C (?)	25	25	27	30	28	28	26	27	26	24	26	30	29	27	27	26	26	25	28	32	28	29
Sunrise	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SW	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	10	12	14	9	9	9	12	9	8	8	15	8	12	15	15	14	14	18	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	18	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	8	15	16	8	11	18	18	14	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Thursday 31
	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	Chacahua Oaxaca	San Augustin Oaxaca	Ticla Michoacan	Pascuales Colima	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Hammerhead Nayarit	Punta Mango Costa del Balsamo
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	17	17	13	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	9	17	13	16	17	16	16	16	11	16	13
Energy(?)	592	581	719	559	501	559	530	458	494	481	454	482	410	219	578	426	650	645	657	526	689	159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)								7:55AM 0.75												7:21PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)														1:19PM 0.62							8:17PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	26	27	29	30	31	28	28	31	29	30	29	28	31	29	28
Chill °C (?)	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	26	27	29	30	31	28	28	31	29	30	29	28	31	29	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.5 S	1.2 S	0.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.6 S	1.1 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	9	13	12	8	9	10	8	9	9	9	9	10	7	9	8	9	9	9	11	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	13	16	17	16	16	16	13	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.9 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	11	-	-

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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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