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 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			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	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Bahia Solano Pacific	Playa Negra Limon	Mariatos Veraguas	Chacahua Oaxaca	Delray Beach Florida - South	Hammerhead Nayarit
Rating	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 N	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.6 NNE	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 NNE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NNE	1.5 ENE	1.9 NE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	1.6 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.4 S	1.7 NNE	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	6	11	14	15	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	9	8	13	12	9	12	12	8	12
Energy(?)	116	212	506	940	221	308	719	387	379	696	226	233	234	370	534	121	87	404	255	82	381	39
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:10AM 1.12	4:09PM 3.21	10:14PM 1.38			10:31PM 1.01	10:15AM 1.05		10:47PM 1.02	9:34AM 0.85		10:16PM 1.52	11:27AM 0.85		3:41AM 0.33	5:06AM 0.35	12:12PM 0.70	11:52PM 0.93	12:00PM 0.68		11:30PM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)				7:50AM 0.25	4:12PM 0.15		4:17AM 0.36	4:32PM 0.24			3:45PM 0.10		5:27AM 0.33	5:00PM 0.45	8:13PM 0.10	12:36PM -0.05	4:52PM 0.55		6:21AM 0.19	6:07PM 0.09		11:48AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	11	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	28	21	22	26	23	24	27	22	23	26	22	23	26	26	28	26	25	30	27	15	22
Low °C	22	26	19	22	25	21	23	25	20	23	24	20	23	26	26	28	26	23	27	27	11	22
Chill °C (?)	22	28	21	22	26	23	24	27	22	23	26	22	23	26	26	28	26	25	30	27	14	22
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 N	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.6 NNE	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 NNE	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NNE	1.5 ENE	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	1.6 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.6 E	0.1 E	0.5 NW
Period (s)	13	14	6	11	6	6	12	13	12	13	8	8	12	9	-	13	12	9	12	9	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NNE	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.2 N	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	-	-	0.2 S	0.1 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 S	-	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	14	14	15	11	14	14	14	13	13	9	-	-	8	19	-	18	12	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.8 WNW	1.6 NW	1.0 E	-	-	0.7 E	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	1.9 NE	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.2 WSW	1.7 NNE	-
Period (s)	4	6	6	6	-	-	7	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	3	3	8	-

	Tuesday 17					Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Fri
	9AM	1PM	3PM	7PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	9PM	0AM	4AM	7AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Hammerhead Nayarit	Playa Negra Limon	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.4 WNW	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	0.8 ENE	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.9 NE	1.6 ENE	0.7 WNW	1.6 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	13	8	6	6	12	14	14	11	12	11	14	15	8	9	14	12	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	346	220	89	224	396	506	263	239	222	819	866	205	215	308	509	404	346	787	802	790	403	379
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						10:15PM 1.00								10:31PM 1.01								10:47PM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)								3:47AM 0.41			2:31PM 0.14								3:07PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	31	22	25	21	20	19	19	22	22	22	21	22	21	26	23	24	24	23	23	22	20
Chill °C (?)	23	31	22	25	21	20	19	19	22	22	22	21	22	21	26	23	24	24	23	23	22	20
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	7:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.5 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	0.8 ENE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	1.6 ENE	0.7 WNW	1.6 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	12	13	8	13	6	6	6	6	11	12	11	14	6	-	9	14	12	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 N	1.0 N	-	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	6	13	13	-	12	12	12	14	14	10	11	-	6	15	-	-	6	7	7	7	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	-	0.5 NW	-	1.4 WNW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	-	-	1.9 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	6	-	4	-	6	6	-	-	-	6	7	6	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

	Tuesday 17																	Wednesday 18
	7AM	9AM	9AM	11AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Hammerhead Nayarit	Playa Negra Limon	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	1.4 NNE	1.3 N	1.0 NE	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 WNW	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	13	8	14	14	14	14	14	6	8	8	6	6	7	8	6	9	9	12	12	12
Energy(?)	345	207	116	222	331	328	280	240	212	162	245	193	398	392	492	232	470	476	476	944	263	258
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																	10:15PM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)																			1:50AM 0.12			3:47AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	27	22	27	26	27	28	28	28	22	22	19	23	22	26	26	20	21	21	21	19	19
Chill °C (?)	20	27	22	27	26	27	28	28	28	22	22	19	23	22	26	26	20	21	21	21	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.1 NE	1.3 N	1.0 NE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	1.4 NE	1.2 WNW	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	14	12	13	8	14	14	14	14	14	12	8	8	13	13	-	8	6	9	9	12	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 WNW	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.1 N	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	6	14	13	-	13	13	13	13	13	-	16	13	13	13	-	-	12	13	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	0.5 NW	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 NNE	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NE	-	1.4 WNW	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.4 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	4	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	7	-	6	6	6	9	-	-

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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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