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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	Wed		Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wed
	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	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Mariatos Veraguas	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Negra Limon	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Delray Beach Florida - South	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Burros Nayarit	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	4	4	1	3	3	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 NW	1.7 N	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	1.2 NE	2.0 NNE	3.0 NNW	0.6 S	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SE	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	16	8	12	14	13	13	13	9	14	18	16	9	15
Energy(?)	288	308	297	257	235	184	228	269	388	429	389	190	404	303	479	1227	1497	150	927	670	83	912
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		10:26PM 2.00	6:30AM 0.99		9:30PM 0.93	7:23AM 1.06		1:55AM 3.14		1:32PM 2.48	10:11PM 0.96	8:49AM 1.14		10:32PM 0.96	9:26AM 1.13	3:13PM 2.34		9:59AM 1.07		11:09PM 0.95	10:30AM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)	5:10PM 0.93			2:11PM 0.02	2:09AM 0.69		2:48PM -0.04	7:41PM 0.77	8:20AM 0.37			3:11AM 0.57	3:52PM -0.01		3:42AM 0.52		10:25PM 0.32	4:12AM 0.49	4:42PM 0.15		4:41AM 0.47	4:58PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	23	30	28	22	24	27	23	28	27	24	29	28	24	7	12	25	24	28	23	28	27
Low °C	27	21	27	25	20	23	25	21	26	26	22	26	27	21	2	11	24	24	26	22	27	26
Chill °C (?)	29	23	30	28	22	24	27	23	28	27	24	29	28	24	4	10	25	24	28	23	28	27
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:24	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:41	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	6:49	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 NW	1.7 N	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	1.2 NE	2.0 NNE	-	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SE	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	16	8	12	14	13	13	13	-	18	18	16	9	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 NW	0.1 W	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	12	11	5	11	6	6	6	18	13	8	6	12	12	-	-	-	14	13	11	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 NE	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.5 SE	-	0.2 N	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 NW	-	3.0 NNW	-	0.5 NW	-	-	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	4	5	3	-	6	-	-	5	-	4	-	3	8	-	3	-	9	-	4	-	-	3

	Wednesday 28			Thursday 29								Friday 30								Saturday 31
	4PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Mariatos Veraguas	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	Mariatos Veraguas	Mariatos Veraguas	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	335	225	273	308	308	248	225	396	495	229	255	235	256	271	256	237	192	219	216	269	266	270
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				9:16PM 0.90			6:30AM 0.99	12:26PM 2.69				9:30PM 0.93			7:23AM 1.06		1:37PM 2.89			9:49PM 0.95
Low Tide / height (m)		3:52PM 0.41			1:35AM 0.75					5:18PM 0.68			2:09AM 0.69								2:41AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	30	29	23	22	21	21	23	30	31	25	22	21	20	20	22	30	25	25	23	22	22	21
Chill °C (?)	30	29	23	22	21	21	23	30	31	25	22	21	20	20	22	30	25	25	23	22	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	6:50	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	7	16	16	5	5	15	15	15	15	15	15	6	6	6	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	16	12	12	12	16	16	5	11	11	11	12	11	15	15	15	8	6	6	6	6	6	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	6	-	-	5	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	3

	Wednesday 28											Thursday 29
	2PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	10PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	6AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Mariatos Veraguas	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	Mariatos Veraguas	Mariatos Veraguas	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Energy(?)	292	182	288	286	295	295	295	449	449	211	309	308	308	308	308	306	194	248	248	225	225	272
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																			6:30AM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)														1:35AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	31	32	29	29	28	27	25	26	25	25	22	22	22	22	21	25	25	21	20	21	23	25
Chill °C (?)	31	32	29	29	28	27	25	26	25	25	22	22	22	22	21	25	25	21	20	21	23	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	7	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	11	16	16	16	5	5	16	16	5	5	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	17	12	16	16	12	12	12	12	12	16	12	12	12	16	16	12	12	16	16	5	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	-	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	0.7 E	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	4	4	4	4	5	3	3	-	5	5	5	-	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-

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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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