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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	Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wed
	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	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Tamarindo Guanacaste	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Negra Limon	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Delray Beach Florida - South	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Playa Negra Limon	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Jaco Golfo de Nicoya
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	4	4	3	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	2.2 NNE	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW	1.4 N	3.5 NNW	2.3 NNE	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	16	15	8	14	13	12	8	9	9	18	16	12
Energy(?)	156	392	308	297	216	235	255	241	278	183	425	494	657	404	340	208	290	1806	845	941	1096	101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			11:32PM 2.96	12:26PM 2.69		11:35PM 2.02	7:23AM 1.06		9:49PM 0.95	8:09AM 1.12		2:54AM 3.29		2:27PM 2.66	10:32PM 0.96	9:26AM 1.13		10:51PM 0.96	9:59AM 1.07	5:04PM 3.55		4:14AM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)		1:31PM 0.13		6:07AM 0.68	5:04PM 0.41			2:48PM -0.04	2:41AM 0.63		3:21PM -0.05	8:43PM 0.60	9:14AM 0.20			3:42AM 0.52	4:20PM 0.06		4:12AM 0.49		10:05PM 0.19	10:30AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	-
High °C	31	30	23	30	28	22	29	28	23	28	27	24	23	28	24	29	11	25	22	27	22	29
Low °C	25	27	20	27	26	20	26	25	22	27	26	23	22	27	21	23	10	25	21	26	20	27
Chill °C (?)	31	30	23	30	28	22	29	28	23	28	27	24	23	28	24	29	8	25	22	27	22	29
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:00
Sunset	-	6:49	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	2.2 NNE	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NE	-	2.3 NNE	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	16	15	8	14	13	12	15	-	9	18	16	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SE	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	7	11	12	11	6	11	15	6	6	6	13	13	7	12	12	9	-	-	-	13	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 NE	0.7 NW	1.0 WNW	0.7 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.6 NNE	1.4 N	3.5 NNW	-	0.5 SW	0.7 WNW	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	3	12	5	3	6	6	4	6	6	-	4	-	-	8	-	4	8	9	-	7	4	3

	Wednesday 28							Thursday 29								Friday 30
	3AM	6AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Mariatos Veraguas	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Mariatos Veraguas	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Tamarindo Guanacaste	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	269	258	281	279	178	225	273	308	308	248	225	396	484	229	256	235	274	273	249	470	200	367
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		5:16AM 0.92		11:07AM 2.64				9:16PM 0.90			6:30AM 0.99	12:26PM 2.69				9:30PM 0.93			7:23AM 1.06		12:21PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)	12:45AM 0.81					3:52PM 0.41			1:35AM 0.75					5:18PM 0.68			2:09AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	28	30	32	29	23	22	21	20	23	30	31	25	22	21	21	20	22	29	30	25
Chill °C (?)	22	22	28	30	32	29	23	22	21	20	23	30	31	25	22	21	21	20	22	29	30	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	7	7	16	16	5	5	15	15	15	15	15	15	6	6	6	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SE
Period (s)	12	12	18	17	12	12	12	12	16	16	6	11	11	11	12	11	15	15	15	10	15	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	0.5 N	-
Period (s)	7	7	3	3	-	-	5	5	5	5	-	5	-	-	5	6	6	-	-	-	3	-

	Wednesday 28
	1AM	2AM	4AM	5AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	2PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Mariatos Veraguas	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Mariatos Veraguas	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Tamarindo Guanacaste	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	18	18	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	274	272	376	376	281	279	254	254	199	197	316	279	273	134	392	392	295	295	295	449	303	275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)	12:45AM 0.81			4:52AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	25	24	24	24	22	22	24	26	29	30	31	28	30	29	29	27	25	26	26	25
Chill °C (?)	22	22	25	24	24	24	22	22	24	26	29	30	31	28	30	29	29	27	25	26	26	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SE
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	18	18	9	9	12	12	11	11	11	17	17	17	11	11	12	12	12	12	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.8 NNE	-
Period (s)	7	7	3	3	3	3	7	7	-	-	-	3	3	-	12	12	4	4	4	3	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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