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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed		Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed
	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Bahia Solano Pacific	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Chacahua Oaxaca	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Cañaveral Caribbean	Chacahua Oaxaca
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 NE	1.2 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NE	0.9 SW
Period(s)	13	13	10	10	12	11	12	10	12	16	8	8	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	15	7	14
Energy	302	241	77	143	186	118	72	145	135	224	173	164	236	323	244	426	451	331	398	421	211	474
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:47AM 2.45		1:58PM 2.68	8:26PM 1.08		2:35PM 2.72	8:43AM 0.91		4:12PM 3.29	8:55PM 1.07	10:34AM 0.84		1:06AM 0.32	10:18AM 1.26		9:48PM 1.46	4:55AM 2.43	5:58PM 3.05			12:41PM 0.64
Low Tide / height (m)	1:49AM 0.17	7:38PM 0.42	7:47AM 0.53			7:56AM 0.21			2:34PM 0.13			3:56AM 0.12	3:15PM 0.58			3:40PM 0.76		10:52AM 0.58		12:16AM 0.51	4:07PM 0.05	2:39PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	3	-	3	2	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	29	27	29	28	27	27	28	29	29	29	26	29	28	24	24	30	24	25	29	29	29	29
Low °C	27	25	29	27	26	27	27	27	29	28	26	28	27	22	24	29	21	24	27	28	28	29
Chill °C (?)	29	27	29	28	27	27	28	29	29	29	26	29	28	24	24	30	24	25	29	29	29	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	5:35	-
Sunset	5:45	-	7:55	7:21	-	7:57	6:16	-	-	6:49	-	7:10	7:22	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSE	1.2 NE	-	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	-	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	10	10	12	11	12	10	12	10	8	-	11	14	14	10	16	15	15	15	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 E	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 E	0.2 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.6 W	0.5 S	0.6 S	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	16	14	6	7	16	6	15	11	4	16	-	-	14	11	11	16	10	6	10	9	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SSE	-	0.6 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 W	-	1.2 SE	-	0.4 NW	-	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	-	0.5 WNW	-	1.4 NE	0.7 W
Period (s)	-	-	2	3	-	3	3	3	-	3	-	8	-	3	-	3	5	-	5	-	7	4

	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30								Friday 01								Saturday 02
	5PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	7AM	8AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	10PM	1AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Egg Island Eleuthera	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Indicas Great Abaco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Celestino Sinaloa	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NE	0.9 NNE	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 NNE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	1.4 SE	0.4 SSW
Period(s)	9	13	13	13	12	13	13	10	10	13	9	12	12	7	11	9	8	12	12	18	7	16
Energy	258	296	291	241	280	226	218	213	201	57	132	105	103	207	73	70	72	153	77	67	289	226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)											8:26PM 1.08					9:36AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)			7:38PM 0.42		2:52AM 0.16		7:47AM 0.53	1:43PM -0.08									2:54PM 0.64		9:53PM 0.32			3:34AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	3	-	-
Temp. °C	24	27	27	26	23	26	28	29	26	27	24	23	23	27	25	26	26	28	27	26	25	22
Chill °C (?)	24	27	27	26	23	26	28	29	26	27	24	23	23	27	25	26	26	28	27	26	25	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NE	0.9 NNE	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	1.1 SE	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	9	13	13	13	12	13	13	10	10	13	9	9	9	-	11	6	8	12	12	12	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 S	0.2 W	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	17	14	14	7	9	15	6	6	5	6	6	6	-	6	9	9	13	18	18	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.3 SE	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	1.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.4 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	6	3	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	4	5	7	-

	Wednesday 29	Thursday 30
	3PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3AM	2AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	8AM	9AM	11AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Egg Island Eleuthera	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Indicas Great Abaco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Celestino Sinaloa	Hammerhead Nayarit	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 N	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 NE	1.2 NNE	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SE	0.8 S
Period(s)	9	14	13	13	12	14	13	11	11	13	12	12	12	8	15	9	9	13	13	13	7	13
Energy	258	306	302	298	110	265	296	506	324	93	109	110	110	235	164	42	42	218	92	93	152	282
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:18PM 2.63																				9:11AM 0.96
Low Tide / height (m)																				8:51AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	29	29	28	27	29	27	25	24	27	24	23	23	27	24	26	26	25	27	27	28	27
Chill °C (?)	24	29	29	28	27	29	27	25	24	27	24	23	23	27	24	26	26	25	27	27	28	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 N	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 NE	1.2 NNE	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 NE	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SE	0.8 S
Period (s)	9	14	13	13	9	14	13	11	11	13	9	9	9	12	5	6	6	13	13	13	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 S	0.2 W	0.8 NE	0.4 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	12	16	16	16	7	9	17	11	6	5	7	7	7	-	15	5	5	15	7	7	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NE	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	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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