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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	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	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	Indicas Great Abaco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Negra Limon	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Hammerhead Nayarit	Isla Grande Colón	Punta Roca Caribbean	Indicas Great Abaco	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Hammerhead Nayarit	Playa Jaco Golfo de Nicoya	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.7 ENE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	0.5 SW	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 NE	0.6 SSW	1.4 NE	2.1 NE	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 S	1.9 NE	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	15	14	9	9	9	15	8	8	13	15	8	13	8	8	9	8	8	11	13	9	12
Energy(?)	231	213	228	450	379	293	134	227	222	105	128	182	124	229	547	440	267	322	31	163	572	165
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:50PM 0.12	9:23AM 0.40	4:14PM 0.67		6:51AM 0.98		8:57PM 0.86	7:14AM 1.01			11:36AM 0.42			12:03PM 0.44			12:40PM 0.44		10:41PM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)		1:29PM 0.31	12:26AM 0.02			10:08PM 0.17		2:08PM 0.16	1:46AM 0.64		2:31PM 0.11	8:03PM 0.03			8:58PM -0.06			9:42PM -0.08		2:36PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	4	1	-	-	4	1	-	2	2	-	1	-	3	2	6	-	2	5	-
High °C	22	28	24	24	25	25	24	26	26	23	26	26	23	27	27	26	27	25	24	27	27	27
Low °C	21	26	23	24	25	24	24	26	24	23	25	24	23	26	25	25	25	24	24	27	25	27
Chill °C (?)	22	28	24	24	25	25	24	26	26	23	26	26	23	27	27	26	27	25	24	27	27	27
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:37	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	6:22	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:15	-	-	5:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.7 ENE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	0.5 SW	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 NE	0.6 SSW	1.4 NE	-	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.5 WNW	0.7 S	1.9 NE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	15	14	9	9	9	15	8	8	13	15	8	13	8	-	9	8	8	12	6	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.4 SW	0.4 S	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 S	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	15	9	-	-	-	10	-	-	10	10	-	5	-	-	19	-	-	11	13	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.5 N	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 14							Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	3AM	6AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Roca Caribbean	Isla Grande Colón	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Hammerhead Nayarit	Playa Negra Limon
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.3 NNE	2.0 NE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NNW	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	8	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	11	15	8
Energy(?)	230	287	224	626	206	212	216	228	222	219	210	397	397	370	362	293	286	262	262	852	225	235
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			8:04AM 0.45		3:27PM 0.70		8:10PM 0.80				6:29AM 0.95					10:32PM 0.06
Low Tide / height (m)	12:25AM 0.62								12:58AM 0.63					6:09PM 0.01			1:51AM 0.04			11:47AM 0.25	2:07PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	3
Temp. °C	23	23	28	27	22	23	24	24	24	23	25	24	25	25	25	25	24	24	25	25	24	25
Chill °C (?)	23	23	28	27	22	23	24	24	24	23	25	24	25	25	25	25	24	24	25	25	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.3 NNE	2.0 NE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NNW	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	8	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	11	15	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 S	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NNE	0.4 S	-
Period (s)	5	10	-	-	7	7	9	9	8	8	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 14
	1AM	2AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Roca Caribbean	Isla Grande Colón	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Hammerhead Nayarit	Playa Negra Limon
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.6 NE	2.0 NE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.4 N	0.4 SW	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	8	9	7	7	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	14	9
Energy(?)	230	231	346	640	173	186	284	281	277	276	273	497	497	515	515	515	515	515	515	32	78	450
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							6:10AM 0.92															10:23PM 0.20
Low Tide / height (m)	12:25AM 0.62															4:56PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	1
High °C	23	23	26	26	20	20	23	23	25	27	28	27	27	26	27	26	26	26	26	27	24	25
Chill °C (?)	23	23	26	26	20	20	23	23	25	27	28	27	27	26	27	26	26	26	26	27	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.6 NE	2.0 NE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.4 E	0.4 S	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	8	9	7	7	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

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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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