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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Costa Rica Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sat	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	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	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	La Saladita Guerrero	Egg Island Eleuthera	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	La Saladita Guerrero	Isla Grande Colón	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Isla Grande Colón	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	La Saladita Guerrero
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	1	2	2	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 E	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 NE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 NE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	10	16	16	9	15	14	9	14	13
Energy(?)	1810	1486	2164	2179	1428	1482	1465	836	838	749	489	532	534	320	492	608	179	407	393	130	344	347
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:23PM 1.49	7:29AM 0.95		8:53PM 0.97	8:00AM 1.03	1:06PM 1.92	8:56PM 1.38			9:14PM 1.05	9:06AM 1.11		2:44AM 1.73	9:42AM 1.53		9:50PM 1.58	10:18AM 1.03			4:08AM 0.77	4:43PM 1.07	10:35PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)			2:17PM 0.14	2:24AM 0.50			2:36AM 0.50	7:36AM 0.52	2:59PM 0.14		3:06AM 0.30	3:20PM 0.20	8:37PM 0.26	3:35AM 0.25	3:44PM 0.30		4:05AM 0.17	4:02PM 0.37	10:21PM 0.16	10:06AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	23	24	28	28	23	27	27	23	27	27	23	28	24	22	26	23	27	26	22	26	26	23
Low °C	21	24	26	25	23	26	24	23	26	24	23	26	22	21	25	22	27	25	19	26	25	21
Chill °C (?)	23	24	28	28	23	27	27	23	27	27	23	28	24	22	26	23	27	26	22	26	26	23
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:08	-	7:16	7:08	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 E	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 NE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 NE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	10	16	16	9	15	14	9	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SE	0.1 NW	0.5 WNW	0.3 SE	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 E	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	7	14	5	6	5	5	9	5	19	18	14	13	16	3	10	15	6	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.2 W	-	0.2 WNW	-	1.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	5	-	-	-	3	7	-	5	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	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	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Hammerhead Nayarit
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1377	1810	1730	1536	1665	1289	1933	1336	1908	1755	1494	1684	1583	1466	1531	1512	1300	1188	1283	1229	1014	825
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					7:29AM 0.95				8:53PM 0.97									9:02PM 1.01	12:32AM 0.79
Low Tide / height (m)			2:14AM 0.58				2:15PM 0.20				2:24AM 0.50		6:46AM 0.48		2:35PM 0.16						6:55AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	22	21	21	24	33	25	27	22	21	21	20	27	23	24	24	22	21	25	24	26	23
Chill °C (?)	26	22	21	21	24	33	25	27	22	21	21	20	27	23	24	24	22	21	25	24	26	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	12	5	5	6	11	14	14	14	14	14	6	8	7	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 14					Sunday 15
	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	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Hammerhead Nayarit
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Energy(?)	1071	1426	1612	1609	1835	1211	1662	1175	1730	1683	1567	1536	1769	1526	1486	1635	1967	1947	2272	2267	2479	1935
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:51PM 0.93											7:25AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)									2:14AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	24	23	23	22	27	24	25	21	21	21	21	25	24	24	24	27	28	28	28	28	25
Chill °C (?)	28	24	23	23	22	27	24	25	21	21	21	21	25	24	24	24	27	28	28	28	28	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	12	12	-	-	8	7	7	12

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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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