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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	Wednesday 30			Thursday 31			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			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	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Cañaveral Caribbean	Cañaveral Caribbean	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	Pinitas Guerrero	Hammerhead Nayarit
Rating	2	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	17	13	16	16	16	15	14	18	15	16	14	14	15	8	9	16	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	298	373	563	283	474	877	605	1041	487	1092	792	651	524	602	473	233	269	498	576	982	972	914
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		12:40PM 1.23	6:37PM 2.41	7:01AM 2.55		9:44PM 0.56		12:17PM 0.83					10:23AM 0.82			9:39AM 0.83		6:04PM 0.86	9:10AM 1.11		6:51PM 0.93	11:57AM 0.91
Low Tide / height (m)			12:43AM 0.52		2:54PM 0.38	8:48PM 1:56AM 0.56 0.55			12:56AM 0.46		2:57PM 0.80	12:56AM 0.53		4:03PM 0.31	1:35AM 0.27		1:50PM 0.75	1:58AM 0.19			2:22AM 0.11	4:40AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	4	2	9	1	-	2	-	-	4	1	3	-	16	-	-	-	1	6	-	2	-	-
High °C	28	30	27	28	28	27	28	30	26	26	27	27	26	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	29
Low °C	28	29	24	27	28	25	28	30	25	25	26	24	23	29	25	28	26	22	29	28	26	28
Chill °C (?)	28	30	27	28	28	27	28	30	26	26	27	27	26	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	29
Sunrise	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	7:35	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:27	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:19	-	-	7:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	9	13	8	9	9	15	14	18	15	16	14	14	15	8	9	16	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 S	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	-	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	17	17	8	16	16	16	11	9	9	18	13	6	13	14	4	-	13	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW	0.5 NW	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	2	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	8	6	-	-	5	-	-	6	-

	Wednesday 30					Thursday 31								Friday 01								Sat
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	La Saladita Guerrero	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	La Saladita Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca
Rating	3	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	18	12	12	13	17	17	10	10	17	13	16	10	16	16	16	16	15	20	12	15	15
Energy(?)	535	193	297	293	588	563	643	669	531	515	233	653	835	1000	696	622	663	756	835	530	556	705
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	8:21AM 0.59				7:25PM 0.52	11:46PM 0.65													1:35PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)			12:36PM 0.52					5:08AM 0.53			1:19PM 0.62		8:48PM 0.56		1:56AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	2	-	2	1	3	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	3	-
Temp. °C	26	29	27	27	27	26	25	24	26	28	28	28	27	26	26	25	26	28	28	27	26	27
Chill °C (?)	26	29	27	27	27	26	25	24	26	28	28	28	27	26	26	25	26	28	28	27	26	27
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.6 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	11	12	12	13	9	8	10	10	10	7	9	10	12	9	8	8	8	8	12	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	18	18	15	14	17	17	17	17	17	17	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 30																	Thursday 31
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	La Saladita Guerrero	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	La Saladita Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca
Rating	3	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	14	18	13	13	14	10	17	13	13	17	12	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	18	15	17	13
Energy(?)	566	226	298	283	238	219	261	370	373	206	293	233	417	554	490	503	574	563	393	270	643	711
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							12:21PM 0.87											11:46PM 0.65	12:28AM 0.96
Low Tide / height (m)													6:48PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	28	28	28	28	30	30	30	30	29	27	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	29	26	25	26
Chill °C (?)	25	28	28	28	28	30	30	30	30	29	27	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	29	26	25	26
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	14	11	13	13	8	10	10	13	13	10	12	10	10	8	10	9	9	9	18	12	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	18	18	8	8	14	17	17	17	17	17	14	17	17	13	18	17	17	17	10	15	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

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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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