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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	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Sat
	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	Punta Roca Caribbean	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Jaco Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Celestino Sinaloa	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Indicas Great Abaco
Rating	0	4	4	1	4	4	1	3	3	1	3	3	2	3	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SW	1.4 NNE	0.8 WNW	1.5 NNE	0.7 SW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NNE
Period(s) (?)	8	18	18	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	8	13	12	18	15	16	16	16	14	14	13	8
Energy(?)	161	779	1705	31	1819	1476	99	933	736	239	366	438	632	661	931	443	958	504	367	590	367	172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	off	off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:32AM 0.68		11:41PM 0.89	5:36AM 0.28	5:50PM 0.10	12:35AM 1.30			10:48PM 0.86			9:43PM 4:15AM 0.71 0.79	9:40AM 1.87		9:48PM 0.86	6:24AM 0.81		9:32PM 0.88	7:05AM 0.90		9:17PM 1.17	7:37AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		4:48PM 0.51						1:41PM 0.47			1:37PM 0.38	11:12PM 0.71	3:35AM 0.84	3:28PM 0.65	2:30AM 0.73		2:07PM 0.20	2:21AM 0.69		2:25PM 0.21	2:04AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	27	23	29	27	23	23	26	24	23	26	23	21	28	22	23	27	26	23	27	23	23
Low °C	26	26	21	27	26	21	21	26	22	23	25	21	21	26	21	23	26	25	23	25	21	23
Chill °C (?)	26	27	23	29	27	23	23	26	24	23	26	23	21	28	22	23	27	26	23	27	23	23
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.2 S	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 NNE	0.8 WNW	1.5 NNE	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	8	18	18	8	16	16	15	14	14	13	8	13	12	12	15	16	14	16	14	14	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 WNW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 ENE	0.7 SW	0.2 N	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.1 W	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	15	10	10	16	15	5	16	16	14	8	14	11	18	16	14	16	14	13	13	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	-	-	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	1.1 NNE
Period (s)	4	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	8

	Saturday 07							Sunday 08								Monday 09
	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Cañaveral Caribbean	Punta Roca Caribbean	Stoners Point (San Blas) Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Ollas Altas Sinaloa	Playa Jaco Golfo de Nicoya	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	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	Burros Nayarit
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 NW	0.6 W	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 SE	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	8	8	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	7	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	14
Energy(?)	337	397	419	120	258	252	1308	1705	1896	1792	1845	55	80	140	1600	1476	1271	1156	1079	146	178	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low-flow
High Tide / height (m)								11:41PM 0.89								11:21PM 0.87
Low Tide / height (m)			6:11AM 0.51	12:41PM 0.12		5:34PM 0.71					6:53AM 0.54		1:09PM 0.56								1:15PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	23	27	26	25	23	22	21	21	23	24	29	23	23	22	22	21	22	24	23	24
Chill °C (?)	21	21	23	27	26	25	23	22	21	21	23	24	29	23	23	22	22	21	22	24	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:05	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 NW	0.6 W	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 SE	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	8	8	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	7	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.1 N	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	16	-	6	11	10	16	16	16	5	13	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 07
	1AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	6AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	11AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Cañaveral Caribbean	Punta Roca Caribbean	Stoners Point (San Blas) Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Ollas Altas Sinaloa	Playa Jaco Golfo de Nicoya	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	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	Burros Nayarit
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 NE	0.9 NW	0.3 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SE	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	6	9	19	16	16	16	16	19	11	14	7	18	18	18	18	18	11	11	18
Energy(?)	293	339	337	64	134	78	398	417	419	413	530	23	36	46	779	931	998	1136	1194	22	22	1352
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:53AM 0.27
Low Tide / height (m)							6:11AM 0.51						12:30PM 0.39				4:48PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	21	24	26	22	21	21	23	25	26	24	29	28	27	27	26	26	24	24	24	23
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	24	26	22	21	21	23	25	26	24	29	28	27	27	26	26	24	24	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 NE	0.9 NW	0.3 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 SE	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	6	9	19	16	16	16	16	15	11	8	7	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	7	11	11	11	11	11	19	5	10	6	15	15	11	11	11	5	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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