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.

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Preloading...

16 day forecast maps are a premium feature
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

More forecast maps

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Costa Rica Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Costa Rica Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Costa Rica Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Costa Rica Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Costa Rica Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Costa Rica Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Costa Rica Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Costa Rica Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Costa Rica Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Costa Rica Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			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	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Chacahua Oaxaca	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Hammerhead Nayarit	Jacmel South Coast	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Chacahua Oaxaca	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Hammerhead Nayarit	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 S	0.6 SW	1.2 SE	0.9 S	0.9 SW	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s)	15	14	16	14	7	14	13	13	12	19	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13
Energy	336	409	436	217	156	595	330	652	693	966	843	1354	922	1033	950	641	792	627	487	429	539	191
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			6:44PM 0.78	6:17AM 1.90		6:19PM 2.33			7:20PM 0.92	7:47AM 0.68		7:56PM 1.85	3:23AM 1.00		6:45PM 0.88			9:50PM 1.42	9:31AM 0.63		11:06PM 2.17	11:32AM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)	11:30AM 0.15		1:37AM 0.21		12:11PM 0.79	12:41AM 0.62		12:45PM 0.20	1:49AM 0.19		1:43PM 0.60	2:19AM 0.66	11:05AM 0.56	4:02PM 1.23	1:06AM 0.58	9:24AM 0.35	3:45PM 0.61		3:01AM 0.21	1:46PM 0.12		5:10AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
High °C	29	30	30	26	29	28	29	29	30	26	28	29	26	30	28	35	29	25	27	31	26	30
Low °C	29	29	28	26	28	26	29	29	28	26	27	26	26	30	27	30	27	24	27	29	25	29
Chill °C (?)	29	30	30	26	29	28	29	29	30	26	28	29	26	30	28	35	29	25	27	31	26	30
Sunrise	5:16	-	-	6:30	-	-	5:16	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	5:22	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	6:50	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:51	-	-	7:23	-	-	6:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 S	0.8 WNW	-	0.9 S	0.9 SW	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	16	7	-	14	13	13	12	19	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 W	0.5 S	1.1 S	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	18	14	14	-	14	9	18	18	6	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	18	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	-	0.4 NNW	1.2 SE	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N
Period (s)	-	4	-	5	7	6	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	5	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Wednesday 06							Thursday 07								Friday 08
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	11PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	7PM	9PM	2AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Tenexpa Guerrero	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Jacmel South Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jacmel South Coast	El Paredon Pacific Coast	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Isla Grande Colón	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.6 SE	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.5 NE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	15	15	16	16	14	16	8	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	8	13	13	13	8	13	13
Energy	502	527	506	503	367	435	502	515	632	628	539	520	306	318	277	500	567	520	586	299	267	281
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high-flow	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:52AM 0.67	6:22AM 0.40			5:38PM 2.44					6:20AM 1.46								7:15AM 0.49
Low Tide / height (m)	12:06AM 0.14			11:31AM 0.56					12:42AM 0.15								12:52AM 0.38			12:30PM 0.04	12:57PM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Temp. °C	28	27	28	35	29	28	26	28	27	27	30	34	27	27	25	25	28	27	27	29	28	28
Chill °C (?)	28	27	28	35	29	28	26	28	27	27	30	34	27	27	25	25	28	27	27	29	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	6:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SE	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.5 NE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	15	15	16	16	14	16	8	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	8	13	13	13	8	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	-	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 S	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	16	8	-	16	16	16	8	21	17	4	15	-	8	8	13	-	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	0.4 SE	-	-	1.6 SE	0.4 W	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.9 NW	-	0.7 WNW	1.6 SE	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	4	-	-	8	4	-	-	-	4	6	-	8	8	8	-	6	-	-	-

	Wednesday 06
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	9AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	3PM	3PM	6PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Tenexpa Guerrero	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Jacmel South Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jacmel South Coast	El Paredon Pacific Coast	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Isla Grande Colón	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SE	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SW	1.6 NE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	7	16	16	15	15	16	14	16	14	7	16	16	14	8	16	16
Energy	491	496	490	388	272	272	345	570	569	480	505	503	218	416	240	152	522	529	469	322	368	363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)						5:33AM 2.35							12:36PM 0.91					5:47PM 1.72	6:31PM 0.82
Low Tide / height (m)	12:06AM 0.14											11:31AM 0.56			2:39PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	28	28	26	28	26	27	27	28	29	29	31	35	25	28	29	28	31	30	28	27	28	28
Chill °C (?)	28	28	26	28	26	27	27	28	29	29	31	35	25	28	29	28	31	30	28	27	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	-	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SW	1.6 NE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	16	16	15	15	16	14	16	14	-	16	16	14	8	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.6 WNW	-	0.5 WNW	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	-	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	9	9	4	8	9	9	-	9	9	9	8	8	6	-	6	-	8	8	18	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	0.4 SE	-	-	1.4 SE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	1.2 SE	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	4	-	-	7	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	7	-	-	3	-	-	-

List of all animated swell maps

Important: JavaScript support must be turned on in order to use these animated swell maps. Alternatively, visit our basic swell maps of Costa Rica where each view becomes a separate image.

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

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None