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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	Fri	Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Punta Roca Caribbean	Isla Grande Colón	Cañaveral Caribbean	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Chacahua Oaxaca	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	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bluff Bocas del Toro	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo
Rating	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NNE	1.0 N	1.0 NE	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 NNE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 NE	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	2.0 NE	0.4 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.4 NE	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	7	6	16	16	16	16	11	14	14	7	13	12	12	12	8	13	8	8	12	8	12
Energy(?)	135	162	100	119	206	183	174	20	193	215	198	449	294	101	228	446	100	212	216	135	281	193
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:35AM 0.57		10:00PM 1.43	11:58AM 0.56		3:49AM 0.17	3:41AM 2.96		3:39AM 0.12	10:02AM 0.42	5:05PM 2.88		5:22AM 1.52	5:51PM 2.84		7:07AM 3.19		1:39AM 0.82			8:23PM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)	11:45PM -0.51	12:49PM 0.51	3:12PM -0.11	2:42AM 0.91			9:11PM -0.01	10:01AM -0.05		9:12PM 0.01			11:12PM 0.27	11:46AM -0.00		1:03AM 0.46		12:31PM 0.03			5:32PM 0.54	2:40AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	27	27	27	26	28	27	24	23	28	23	23	27	22	25	27	26	24	26	26	23	26	26
Low °C	25	26	25	24	27	27	22	23	26	22	22	25	21	25	25	25	23	26	24	23	26	25
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	26	28	27	24	23	28	23	23	27	22	25	27	26	24	26	26	23	26	26
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:22	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:44	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	1.0 N	1.0 NE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 NE	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.1 N	0.4 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.4 NE	0.7 SW
Period (s)	6	7	6	6	16	16	15	11	14	14	7	13	12	6	12	16	13	8	8	12	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.8 ENE	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.1 NE	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 NW	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.5 WNW	0.1 NE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	11	6	9	6	4	6	16	18	13	12	6	14	-	11	16	14	6	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.4 NW	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.3 SE	-	2.0 NE	1.4 NW	-	-	0.8 NNW	-	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	-	6	-	2	-	8	7	-	-	6	-	2

	Fri	Saturday 03								Sunday 04								Monday 05
	10PM	1AM	2AM	5AM	10AM	12PM	4PM	6PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Jacmel South Coast	Jacmel South Coast	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Roca Caribbean	Galveston Texas	Isla Grande Colón	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Cañaveral Caribbean	Cañaveral Caribbean	Jacmel South Coast	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Puerto Arista Oaxaca	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Mariatos Veraguas	Mariatos Veraguas	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 NE	0.8 S	0.9 NNW	0.3 SW	1.1 NE	1.5 NE	1.3 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	18	6	7	6	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	14
Energy(?)	260	269	320	251	98	56	139	91	120	210	216	231	206	226	148	287	409	221	205	204	229	311
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)										12:35AM 0.05						4:33PM 3.45
Low Tide / height (m)		11:45PM -0.51		2:02AM 0.93		9:45AM -0.35			7:43PM -0.02					9:23AM 0.04						4:11AM 0.63		11:02AM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	24	21	20	28	21	27	26	25	25	23	24	27	28	27	27	26	26	22	22	24	28
Chill °C (?)	24	24	21	20	28	21	27	26	25	25	23	24	27	28	27	27	26	26	22	22	24	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NE	0.8 S	0.9 NNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	1.0 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 NW	-	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 N	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	12	10	7	-	7	11	14	14	-	6	6	11	6	10	5	9	15	6	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	1.1 NE	1.5 NE	1.3 ESE	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	6	6	-	2	-	-	6	7	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 02	Saturday 03
	8PM	9PM	8PM	9PM	0AM	0AM	2AM	2AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	11AM	12PM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Jacmel South Coast	Jacmel South Coast	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Roca Caribbean	Galveston Texas	Isla Grande Colón	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Cañaveral Caribbean	Cañaveral Caribbean	Jacmel South Coast	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Puerto Arista Oaxaca	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Mariatos Veraguas	Mariatos Veraguas	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NNE	1.0 S	1.3 N	0.3 SSW	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.9 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	12	7	7	7	10	10	11	12	13	13	10	13	13	13	18
Energy(?)	260	260	107	111	135	73	236	59	173	172	86	46	46	82	76	116	195	44	72	73	73	178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						11:51PM 0.38	1:17AM 0.10	1:56AM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)															8:21AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	23	22	27	20	25	25	25	25	23	24	25	23	27	27	27	26	28	28	28	27
Chill °C (?)	24	24	23	22	27	20	25	25	25	25	23	24	25	23	27	27	27	26	28	28	28	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 NNE	-	1.3 N	0.4 SSW	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.9 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	18	18	6	-	7	6	7	7	7	6	6	11	6	6	13	10	7	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 NW	-	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.4 NW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	12	12	7	-	7	10	8	7	7	10	10	19	12	13	6	8	13	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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