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 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			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	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Bahia Solano Pacific	Chacahua Oaxaca	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Tamarindo Guanacaste	Chacahua Oaxaca	Pinitas Guerrero	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Cañaveral Caribbean	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 NE	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	24	22	22	20	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	7	15	20	13
Energy(?)	503	802	1038	1517	1638	2390	828	2255	950	1612	1332	972	858	751	536	579	584	344	116	377	664	481
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	3:37PM 0.21		7:31AM 0.88	5:21PM 0.73		7:07AM 0.93		10:01PM 1.55	6:57AM 1.34		7:07PM 0.94	7:20AM 1.05		7:50PM 1.01	7:38AM 1.11	12:23PM 1.56	8:24PM 1.42		2:30PM 3.28	2:44AM 3.65		3:18PM 3.47
Low Tide / height (m)		8:41AM 0.33		1:37PM 0.65	12:12AM 0.35		1:10PM 0.54			3:48PM 0.23	1:11AM 0.33		1:41PM 0.24	1:41AM 0.36			2:02AM 0.49	7:06AM 0.24		8:32PM 0.36	9:05AM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	24	3	2	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	5	8	7	-	5	-
High °C	30	26	28	29	26	27	24	26	27	26	27	26	26	25	26	28	27	26	28	25	25	29
Low °C	28	25	27	27	24	27	24	24	26	25	25	26	26	24	25	28	24	25	27	23	25	26
Chill °C (?)	30	26	28	29	26	27	24	26	27	26	27	26	26	25	26	28	27	26	28	25	25	29
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	5:24	-	-	7:07	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:24	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	6:27	-	-	6:25	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 NE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	22	22	20	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	7	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 W	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	14	19	24	13	17	16	21	8	12	12	9	7	6	19	6	7	16	6	-	15	20	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	5	9	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	-

	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30								Friday 31								Saturday 01
	3PM	8PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Rocky Point Belize	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Las Lisas Pacific Coast	Hammerhead Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Hammerhead Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 E	1.6 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	14	13	24	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19
Energy(?)	644	715	538	802	1410	1387	1056	1078	1172	1957	1898	1638	1559	2164	2497	1517	2031	1964	2010	2346	2152	1467
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							7:31AM 0.88								7:07AM 0.93	9:14AM 1.46				11:18PM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)				11:40PM 0.39					12:40PM 0.94				12:12AM 0.35				12:41PM 0.75	3:07PM 0.24				5:40AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	22	2	-	-
Temp. °C	30	25	26	26	25	25	28	31	28	28	26	25	26	24	26	28	27	28	24	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	30	25	26	26	25	25	28	31	28	28	26	25	26	24	26	28	27	28	24	24	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.6 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 W	1.0 WSW	0.7 W	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	7	13	19	24	24	24	24	23	13	18	17	16	12	16	9	12	16	13	16	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 29	Thursday 30
	1PM	4PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Rocky Point Belize	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Las Lisas Pacific Coast	Hammerhead Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Hammerhead Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.0 NE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	24	24	13	24	24	26	13	13	13
Energy(?)	582	429	503	503	397	397	397	277	427	535	802	802	802	1410	1410	671	1140	1075	218	173	173	171
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																					9:16AM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)												11:40PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	25	30	29	29	28	27	26	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	27	24	25	26	26	26
Chill °C (?)	28	25	30	29	29	28	27	26	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	27	24	25	26	26	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.0 NE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	11	12	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	24	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 NNE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	8	14	14	10	10	10	14	19	9	19	19	19	24	24	26	24	10	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	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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