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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	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tue
	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	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Salina Cruz Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	16	15	15	14	13	13	15	14	13	13	13	12	14	12
Energy(?)	66	367	303	262	341	225	253	267	368	297	352	312	289	316	346	283	281	402	216	306	258	161
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	cross	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:09PM 0.92	8:09AM 1.53	2:18PM 2.40	9:36PM 0.90	8:17AM 1.07		10:04PM 0.87	8:34AM 1.07		10:34PM 1.13	9:14AM 1.51	4:11PM 1.54	11:06PM 0.76	9:06AM 1.03			9:20AM 1.00		12:45AM 0.95	10:23AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		2:37PM 0.12	2:18AM 0.55			2:33AM 0.57		3:21PM 0.08	2:47AM 0.59		3:45PM 0.09		3:12AM 0.77			3:08AM 0.63	4:40PM 0.18	10:10PM -0.09	3:11AM 0.65	4:45PM 0.36		4:02AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	29	25	26	29	25	26	29	24	26	29	24	25	28	24	27	28	24	31	29	24	28
Low °C	27	27	23	26	27	23	26	27	22	26	27	22	25	26	23	27	26	23	27	26	23	27
Chill °C (?)	27	29	25	26	29	25	26	29	24	26	29	24	25	28	24	27	28	24	31	29	24	28
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	6:19	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	15	14	13	13	6	14	13	13	13	12	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	7	8	5	8	7	7	13	16	6	12	12	16	5	12	6	6	6	7	15	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Tuesday 18							Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	7AM	9AM	11AM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	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	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Roca Caribbean	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Celestino Sinaloa	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	12	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	7	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	307	395	384	216	65	298	346	303	308	303	355	238	286	228	297	225	234	201	279	160	250	278
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:44AM 1.06		1:40PM 2.35			9:09PM 0.92			8:00AM 1.07					9:36PM 0.90			8:17AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)	2:02AM 0.53								2:18AM 0.55								2:33AM 0.57					3:30PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	23	26	26	27	27	25	24	24	23	26	26	26	28	25	24	23	26	26	26	27	27
Chill °C (?)	24	23	26	26	27	27	25	24	24	23	26	26	26	28	25	24	23	26	26	26	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:10	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	8	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	7	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 NE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	6	12	11	12	8	8	8	8	5	8	8	7	7	7	14	8	18	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Tuesday 18
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	7PM	7PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	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	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Roca Caribbean	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Celestino Sinaloa	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 NE	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	12	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	16	15	15	15	6	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	344	307	307	227	81	395	391	386	384	379	287	216	247	237	367	327	298	116	298	180	291	290
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								7:44AM 1.06						1:34PM 1.47								9:04PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)			2:02AM 0.53												2:37PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	24	27	24	23	23	24	26	27	28	26	26	28	29	29	28	28	26	25	27	27
Chill °C (?)	24	24	24	27	24	23	23	24	26	27	28	26	26	28	29	29	28	28	26	25	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.1 NE	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	7	8	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	8	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	13	16	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	6	6	12	7	7	11	-	11	12	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NE	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	4	5	5

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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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