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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	Sat		Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	La Saladita Guerrero	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	20	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	11	13	12	12	13	11
Energy(?)	555	589	681	1205	1971	1051	1583	1609	1412	1450	1681	815	967	1217	900	734	1277	1329	2945	2561	2739	1678
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross	off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:51PM 0.81	7:37AM 1.14			9:17AM 2.94			9:29AM 2.08		9:22PM 0.75	8:43AM 0.96		7:18PM 0.94	11:08AM 0.90		12:42AM 2.39		2:08PM 2.98	2:37AM 3.15		2:54PM 3.12
Low Tide / height (m)		12:54AM -0.06			12:26AM 0.29		2:49PM 0.20	12:02AM 0.39	3:07AM 0.58	4:00PM 0.39			2:05PM 0.58	2:07AM 0.13	4:28AM 0.14		6:23PM 0.56	6:48AM 0.53		8:19PM 0.57	8:46AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	6	1	-	-	3	-	1	9	-	-	-	1	-	1	50	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	30	28	27	30	28	28	27	27	31	30	27	27	30	28	25	30	27	29	30	27	28	30
Low °C	28	26	25	29	26	28	26	25	28	29	25	26	28	26	24	29	26	28	29	25	28	29
Chill °C (?)	30	28	27	30	28	28	27	27	31	30	27	27	30	28	25	30	27	29	30	27	28	30
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-
Sunset	7:02	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:08	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	20	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	16	14	14	8	14	11	13	12	12	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 W	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 S	0.5 W	1.3 S	0.3 W	0.3 S	0.3 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	13	13	6	7	7	7	8	11	6	9	9	14	10	8	11	8	12	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13			Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	7AM	9AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	San Juan del Sur Rivas Province	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Celestino Sinaloa	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	21	21	20	20	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	509	650	647	545	649	702	1105	542	1003	1348	1644	1473	1644	1587	2026	1738	1041	1628	1430	1396	1396	1376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high	high-flow	low	mid-flow	high	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			6:51PM 0.81				7:50AM 0.95				7:39PM 0.80				8:27AM 1.09					10:08PM 2.72
Low Tide / height (m)	12:46PM 0.21			10:15PM 0.39					1:45PM 0.33				12:26AM 0.29				2:47PM 0.56					4:18AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	2	2	3	3	-	1	-	-	1	1	3	4	6	5
Temp. °C	30	29	28	26	26	26	27	29	28	28	28	26	25	25	26	28	27	27	26	26	25	24
Chill °C (?)	30	29	28	26	26	26	27	29	28	28	28	26	25	25	26	28	27	27	26	26	25	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00
Sunset	5:45	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	20	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	6	21	7	20	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	7	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13											Sunday 14
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	7PM	7PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	San Juan del Sur Rivas Province	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Celestino Sinaloa	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	518	677	677	584	612	635	598	303	649	591	713	545	502	649	801	716	457	574	693	621	613	668
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							6:49PM 0.59													8:13AM 3.19
Low Tide / height (m)	12:46PM 0.21	1:11PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	13	-	-	1	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	30	28	28	29	28	26	29	28	24	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	26	24	27	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	30	28	28	29	28	26	29	28	24	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	26	24	27	27	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	6	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	8	22	8	6	8	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	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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