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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	Fri	Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	La Saladita Guerrero	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	0.9 SE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	7	13	13	13	12	12	13	16	16	18	18	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1353	1257	1302	1286	957	902	794	82	824	638	501	611	526	294	785	759	544	1115	955	1051	1007	814
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:35PM 1.07	10:37AM 0.88		9:44PM 1.06	11:00AM 0.79		10:16PM 1.46	5:18AM 2.49		9:52PM 1.00	11:34AM 0.62		6:42PM 0.99	6:42AM 1.46		6:55PM 1.82	8:58AM 0.49		9:22PM 0.91			8:41PM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)		4:16AM 0.18	3:45PM 0.50		4:36AM 0.21	4:05PM 0.68		11:18AM 0.51	12:08PM 0.25		5:21AM 0.32	3:00PM 0.57	1:10AM 0.15			1:20AM 0.47	6:52AM 0.48	12:30PM 0.45			12:40PM 0.38	1:49AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	28	27	24	28	23	28	29	23	24	29	26	29	28	23	30	28	24	25	29	23
Low °C	21	24	26	25	24	26	21	27	27	21	24	28	24	29	27	22	29	28	22	25	29	22
Chill °C (?)	23	24	28	27	24	28	23	28	29	23	24	29	26	29	28	23	30	28	24	25	29	23
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	5:28	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	7:04	7:14	-	-	6:44	-	-	7:14	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	0.9 SE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	7	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	18	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	6	13	24	6	9	8	-	19	19	18	18	14	21	16	16	18	12	12	12	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Monday 06
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	La Saladita Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Hammerhead Nayarit	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
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1548	1353	1307	1433	1362	1209	1164	711	1246	1109	1118	1098	1117	813	936	719	832	794	684	654	691	714
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:35PM 1.07				10:41AM 1.23		4:17PM 2.80	7:00PM 0.68	9:44PM 1.06						4:58PM 2.08		9:50PM 1.03				11:33AM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)				4:16AM 0.18								4:36AM 0.21		10:44AM 0.25						4:58AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	22	21	21	24	24	25	28	25	22	21	21	27	28	25	26	23	22	21	21	25	24
Chill °C (?)	23	22	21	21	24	24	25	28	25	22	21	21	27	28	25	26	23	22	21	21	25	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.1 S	0.3 SE	0.4 WNW	0.1 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	12	12	14	13	13	6	6	-	-	6	6	6	23	6	8	22	8	8	8	8	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 03	Saturday 04
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	La Saladita Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Hammerhead Nayarit	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
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1590	1589	1548	1380	1370	1196	1196	863	1630	1452	1434	1433	1730	1118	1257	1031	1341	1323	1306	1292	1302	1149
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)				9:35PM 1.07													10:37AM 0.88
Low Tide / height (m)											4:16AM 0.18											3:57PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	24	23	23	22	24	24	26	24	21	21	21	25	27	24	28	27	27	28	28	28	25
Chill °C (?)	25	24	23	23	22	24	24	26	24	21	21	21	25	27	24	28	27	27	28	28	28	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	0.3 SE	0.4 WNW	0.4 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	6	6	-	-	13	13	13	-	6	6	6	18	18	18	13	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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