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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	Mon		Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Mon
	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	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Mariatos Veraguas	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Ticla Michoacan	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	14	14	15	20	14	18	16	19	16	14	14	13	14	16	15	7	16	15	15	15
Energy(?)	580	710	332	409	381	579	350	970	440	966	441	292	180	191	142	538	910	260	904	645	532	638
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		12:49AM 2.15			9:16PM 1.04	8:23AM 1.20	3:19PM 3.42	2:29AM 2.40		2:47PM 0.81		4:18AM 3.80	4:55PM 3.81		9:35AM 1.11	2:58PM 0.55		4:56AM 2.99	5:33PM 2.76		9:18AM 0.92
Low Tide / height (m)		6:27PM 0.34	8:19AM 0.24	2:44PM -0.00	2:37AM 0.48			8:10PM 0.12	8:52AM -0.11		10:07PM 0.14	10:37AM -0.19		9:51PM 0.03	3:31AM 0.67		11:48PM 0.28	11:17AM -0.01		6:20PM 0.26		12:31PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	2	5	-	5	-	1	-	1	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	25	26	26	26	26	29	25	29	26	25	25	28	24	27	28	24	29	28	24	28	28
Low °C	28	25	26	25	23	26	27	24	28	26	24	25	28	22	27	26	22	28	26	23	26	27
Chill °C (?)	29	25	26	26	26	26	29	25	29	26	25	25	28	24	27	28	24	29	28	24	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	5:24	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	6:23	-	-	5:49	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 SE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	16	14	14	15	6	14	18	16	16	16	14	14	13	14	16	15	7	16	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	17	6	6	21	13	13	18	6	12	19	6	6	8	13	6	12	17	-	14	13	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.4 NW	1.0 SSW	0.4 NW	0.7 W	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	3	6	4	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-

	Monday 03			Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thursday 06
	3PM	6PM	10PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	10AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Puerto Escondido Oaxaca	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 NE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	16	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	21	13	18	8	19	18	18	16	16	16
Energy(?)	607	645	669	528	556	541	671	594	283	568	384	371	523	506	555	244	604	561	548	532	589	507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:26PM 1.77								1:26PM 2.62				2:47AM 3.87		8:23AM 1.20	12:11PM 0.51	3:20PM 3.67			10:00PM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)			7:43PM 0.56		2:10AM 0.42		8:20AM 0.23				8:32PM 0.36								8:15PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	3	3	-	-	-	7	1	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	30	27	25	25	24	24	25	30	26	27	25	24	25	25	26	25	25	26	25	24	24	25
Chill °C (?)	30	27	25	25	24	24	25	30	26	27	25	24	25	25	26	25	25	26	25	24	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.4 NE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	15	16	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	6	6	13	14	8	19	18	18	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 NW	0.8 SW	0.5 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	6	16	16	17	6	7	6	20	6	14	13	20	15	-	13	6	6	14	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.4 NW	-	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 03										Tuesday 04
	1PM	2PM	4PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	6AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Puerto Escondido Oaxaca	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	13	8	15	14	14	15	15	14
Energy(?)	757	609	455	575	501	466	894	791	465	605	669	518	441	704	556	136	411	284	328	440	440	465
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:26PM 1.77												2:00AM 3.65							7:59AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)							7:44PM 0.54								2:10AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	31	30	25	29	28	28	24	26	25	26	25	25	26	25	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26
Chill °C (?)	31	30	25	29	28	28	24	26	25	26	25	25	26	25	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	7:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	13	8	15	14	14	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	-	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	6	17	17	17	6	7	6	16	6	6	6	7	16	-	6	6	6	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.3 ENE	-	0.8 NNW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	6	5	-	5	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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