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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	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Fri
	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	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Negra Limon	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Playa Negra Limon	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Playa Negra Limon	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Mariatos Veraguas
Rating	2	1	2	1	2	3	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ESE	0.4 WNW	1.3 ENE	0.5 SW	1.6 ENE	1.4 NE	0.5 S	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.5 S	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.4 SW	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	0.5 SW	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	0.4 SW	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	0.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	14	8	13	9	8	12	9	9	11	9	8	13	8	8	13	8	8	12	8	8	17
Energy(?)	585	152	183	114	364	295	137	523	475	100	363	346	116	311	346	133	346	244	77	244	221	106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	on	cross	off	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:09PM 0.64	7:43AM 1.00		10:45PM 0.83				3:55AM 2.22	4:30PM 1.99			2:34PM 0.42			3:17PM 0.36		5:48AM 2.10	3:35PM 0.38		7:21AM 0.35
Low Tide / height (m)		2:01PM 0.32	12:52AM 0.14		2:18PM 0.21			4:16PM 0.09	10:04PM 0.01	10:22AM 0.28		10:30PM 0.03			11:11PM 0.61			11:45PM 0.56			11:37PM 0.09	12:08PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	-	-	7	-	-	4	-	-	1	2	1	6	-	1	4	-	3	7	-
High °C	26	28	25	32	27	27	31	27	26	27	26	26	26	27	26	24	27	26	24	27	27	29
Low °C	25	26	23	27	26	25	28	26	24	26	26	24	26	26	25	24	27	25	24	27	24	27
Chill °C (?)	26	28	25	32	27	27	31	27	26	27	26	26	26	27	26	24	27	26	24	27	27	29
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:15	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	6:24	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	0.5 SW	1.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.4 NE	0.5 S	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.5 S	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.5 SW	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	0.5 SW	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 NW	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	8	6	9	8	12	9	9	11	9	8	6	8	8	13	8	8	6	8	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	18	14	-	13	-	-	12	-	-	14	-	-	13	-	-	12	-	-	11	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 19					Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon
	9AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	0AM	4AM	6AM	10AM	12PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	3AM	7AM	10AM	12PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Rock Sound Eleuthera	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Negra Limon	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Jaco Golfo de Nicoya	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WNW	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	0.5 WNW	1.4 NE	0.7 WNW	1.5 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 S	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	9	9	9	9	13	8	12	9	13	13	9	8	8	12	9	9	12	12	9	8	9
Energy(?)	174	359	463	422	382	165	268	205	324	117	116	355	347	309	310	578	651	142	147	444	368	439
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	8:05AM 1.05				7:09PM 0.64	10:16PM 0.85
Low Tide / height (m)			1:37PM 0.21							9:08AM 0.32			9:37PM 0.00					9:46AM 0.29				10:04PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	25	25	24	23	22	25	21	27	32	32	26	25	24	24	25	26	31	32	26	24	23
Chill °C (?)	22	25	25	24	23	22	25	21	27	32	32	26	25	24	24	25	26	31	32	26	24	23
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	0.5 WNW	1.4 NE	0.7 WNW	1.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 S	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	9	13	8	12	9	6	6	9	8	8	12	9	9	12	12	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.5 SW	-	0.5 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	18	16	16	16	11	-	11	-	13	13	-	-	-	11	-	-	12	12	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SSE	0.6 SW	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	-	-	6	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-

	Friday 19	Saturday 20
	7AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	12PM	2PM	2PM	4PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Rock Sound Eleuthera	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Negra Limon	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Jaco Golfo de Nicoya	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	1.6 E	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.4 WNW	1.0 ENE	0.4 WNW	1.1 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.4 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	9	9	9	9	14	8	14	8	12	12	8	8	8	12	8	8	12	12	8	8	8
Energy(?)	129	402	585	585	529	170	139	154	168	107	107	161	157	153	89	198	198	107	107	215	230	242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	glass	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)															8:33PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	25	25	25	26	27	27	28	27	28	27	26	26	25	26	27	27	26	25	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	19	25	25	25	26	27	27	28	27	28	27	26	26	25	26	27	27	26	25	24	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.6 E	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.5 SW	1.0 ENE	0.5 SW	1.1 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 S	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	9	12	8	12	8	6	6	8	8	8	6	8	8	6	6	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	18	18	18	18	14	-	14	-	12	12	-	-	-	6	-	-	12	12	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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