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	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Isla Grande Colón	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Isla Grande Colón	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	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	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Egg Island Eleuthera
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	1.8 NE	0.6 WNW	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	2.0 N	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.3 NE	2.0 NE	1.7 E	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.4 SW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	8	9	14	9	9	8	10	8	8	13	15	8	13	7	8	9	8	8	11	9	9	8
Energy(?)	204	515	241	393	379	338	818	262	250	105	131	158	138	189	502	467	256	281	35	411	454	283
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:51PM 1.20		6:29AM 0.95		10:32PM 0.06	10:21AM 0.43		8:57PM 0.86				11:27AM 0.44			12:03PM 0.44		2:38AM 1.97	7:59AM 0.82
Low Tide / height (m)			9:28PM 0.17		6:09PM 0.01	1:51AM 0.04			1:46AM 0.64	7:03AM 0.45		8:09PM -0.05			8:58PM -0.06			8:22PM 0.47		3:58PM 0.08	10:19PM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	mod. rain	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	4	8	-	9	2	8	2	8	2	-	1	4	-	2	-	1	4	10	-	1	11	-
High °C	23	26	24	26	26	25	25	26	26	23	26	26	23	27	27	26	26	26	24	27	27	24
Low °C	23	26	23	26	25	25	25	26	24	23	26	24	23	26	25	24	26	25	24	27	25	24
Chill °C (?)	23	26	24	26	26	25	25	26	26	23	26	26	23	27	27	26	26	26	24	27	27	24
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:18	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	6:09	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.8 NE	0.6 WNW	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	2.0 N	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.3 NE	-	1.7 E	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 WNW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	8	9	14	9	9	8	10	8	8	13	15	8	13	7	-	9	8	8	12	9	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	1.3 E	-	-	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	7	-	9	-	-	-	10	-	-	10	10	-	5	-	-	19	-	-	11	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	2.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Sunday 14					Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wed
	10AM	11AM	4PM	6PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	12PM	4PM	6PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Punta Roca Caribbean	Celestino Sinaloa	Indicas Great Abaco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Isla Grande Colón	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Isla Grande Colón	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro
Rating	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NNE	0.4 SW	1.1 ESE	0.6 WNW	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.5 NW	0.4 SW	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	0.4 SW	2.1 N	0.6 SW	1.4 NE	1.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	15	9	15	9	9	9	9	14	15	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	13	10	15	8	8
Energy(?)	254	98	206	240	515	523	528	528	210	129	398	370	334	334	296	300	299	99	882	275	256	250
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low-flow
High Tide / height (m)	8:04AM 0.45		3:27PM 0.70		9:03PM 0.10				6:29AM 0.95	11:16AM 1.52				10:32PM 0.06			9:54AM 0.40
Low Tide / height (m)							1:27AM 0.17					6:09PM 0.01			1:51AM 0.04						7:13PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	4	6	38	5	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	-	2	-
Temp. °C	28	25	23	26	25	24	23	24	25	31	25	25	25	25	25	24	26	31	25	24	26	25
Chill °C (?)	28	25	23	26	25	24	23	24	25	31	25	25	25	25	25	24	26	31	25	24	26	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:16	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	6:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NNE	0.3 S	1.1 ESE	0.6 WNW	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.5 NW	0.5 SSE	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	0.6 S	2.1 N	0.6 SW	1.4 NE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	8	10	9	15	9	9	9	9	14	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	10	15	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.2 NNE	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	1.1 E	0.3 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	15	7	9	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	10	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	12	-	-

	Sunday 14	Monday 15
	8AM	7AM	10AM	10AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	3PM	4PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	2AM	2AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Punta Roca Caribbean	Celestino Sinaloa	Indicas Great Abaco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Isla Grande Colón	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Isla Grande Colón	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Pine Cay Shorebreak Turks and Caicos Islands	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro
Rating	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NE	0.3 SW	1.3 ESE	0.6 WNW	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSE	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 N	0.4 SW	1.8 NE	1.8 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	15	8	16	9	9	9	9	15	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	7	14	9	9
Energy(?)	274	80	204	276	515	515	497	497	213	157	626	552	552	515	515	515	540	185	30	87	515	515
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															9:03PM 0.10
Low Tide / height (m)			9:46AM 0.29								5:04PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	2	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	1
High °C	26	20	23	27	26	26	26	26	28	28	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	26	20	23	27	26	26	26	26	28	28	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	24	24	24
Sunrise	6:09	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NE	0.3 SSW	1.3 ESE	0.6 WNW	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSE	2.0 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.8 S	1.4 E	0.4 SW	1.8 NE	1.8 NE
Period (s)	8	10	8	16	9	9	9	9	15	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	14	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SW	0.3 NNE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 N	0.4 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	15	7	9	-	-	-	-	15	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	11	7	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	4	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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