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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	Thu		Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.2 ENE	0.6 NE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	0.7 NE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE
Period(s)	4	6	5	5	7	6	5	7	6	6	7	6	5	7	6	5	7	6	6	7	7	6
Energy	15	55	16	14	116	34	69	209	38	114	138	32	76	209	34	67	178	33	154	168	43	38
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:46AM 0.23		3:28PM 0.25		3:31AM 0.24	4:31PM 0.26		4:11AM 0.25	5:24PM 0.27		4:46AM 0.25		6:07PM 0.27	5:18AM 0.24		6:45PM 0.26	5:49AM 0.23		7:19PM 0.25	6:19AM 0.22
Low Tide / height (m)		8:17PM 0.08	8:45AM 0.08		9:20PM 0.11	9:42AM 0.07		10:18PM 0.13	10:32AM 0.07		11:10PM 0.14	11:16AM 0.06		11:56PM 0.15	11:55AM 0.06		12:37AM 0.15		12:31PM 0.05	1:14AM 0.14		1:07PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	2
High °C	30	26	31	30	26	32	31	27	33	31	27	31	29	26	33	31	26	32	32	26	32	31
Low °C	28	25	30	28	25	31	28	25	31	28	25	29	28	25	31	28	24	31	29	25	30	29
Chill °C (?)	30	26	31	30	26	32	31	27	33	31	27	31	29	26	33	31	26	32	32	26	32	31
Sunrise	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-
Sunset	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.9 ENE	0.5 NE	0.1 E	1.2 ENE	0.6 NE	-	1.3 ENE	0.7 NE	-	-	0.7 NE	-	1.3 ENE	0.7 NE	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 ENE	-	1.1 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	6	5	9	7	6	-	7	6	-	-	6	-	7	6	-	7	6	-	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	1.2 NE	1.0 NE	-	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	1.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	0.6 NE
Period (s)	4	-	-	5	-	-	5	6	-	6	7	-	5	6	-	5	7	-	6	6	-	6

	Thursday 21			Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 NE
Period(s)	4	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	6	6	6	5	6	7	7	6	6
Energy	15	40	39	55	49	37	16	17	14	37	63	116	83	39	34	28	69	119	192	209	96	56
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:08PM 0.24				2:46AM 0.23					3:28PM 0.25				3:31AM 0.24				4:31PM 0.26				4:11AM 0.25
Low Tide / height (m)			8:17PM 0.08				8:45AM 0.08					9:20PM 0.11				9:42AM 0.07				10:18PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	30	28	26	25	25	25	31	30	30	28	26	25	25	25	31	32	31	28	27	26	25	25
Chill °C (?)	30	28	26	25	25	25	31	30	30	28	26	25	25	25	31	32	31	28	27	26	25	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13
Sunset	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	-	8	9	6	6	6	5	9	9	9	-	7	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	7	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.1 E	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	6	5	6	7	6	3	3

	Thursday 21	Friday 22
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland	Palma Real Mainland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period(s)	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
Energy	18	17	15	21	32	40	36	37	39	39	55	55	55	47	49	33	37	37	27	26	16	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)			2:08PM 0.24												2:46AM 0.23
Low Tide / height (m)									8:17PM 0.08												8:45AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	31	31	30	29	29	28	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	25	27	29	31	32
Chill °C (?)	31	31	30	29	29	28	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	25	27	29	31	32
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	8	8	8	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	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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