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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	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Playa Jaco Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Mariatos Veraguas	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	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Hammerhead Nayarit
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	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	1.0 ENE	1.5 S	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	20	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	11	7	13	13	13
Energy(?)	698	555	589	854	1205	1971	2182	1583	1609	1412	1450	1681	815	967	1217	900	734	1277	107	874	1458	2739
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)			6:59PM 2.48	7:37AM 1.14			9:00AM 0.92		8:09PM 0.62	7:47AM 1.36		10:07PM 1.45	10:12AM 0.96		7:18PM 0.94	8:48AM 0.98		12:36AM 1.96		12:51PM 1.84	2:37AM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)		12:44PM 0.21	1:03AM 0.41			12:26AM 0.29		3:46PM 0.73	2:18AM -0.04	12:25PM 1.12	4:00PM 0.39		3:28AM 0.07	2:05PM 0.58	2:07AM 0.13		5:36PM 0.25	6:24PM 0.48	8:00AM 0.77		8:19PM 0.57	8:46AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	3	4	7	-	2	7	1	11	-	-	-	1	-	6	19	-	2	1	-	4	-
High °C	27	30	28	28	30	27	27	27	27	30	30	26	28	30	27	26	30	28	29	29	28	29
Low °C	26	29	25	27	29	25	27	26	25	26	29	25	27	29	25	24	29	26	28	29	25	28
Chill °C (?)	27	30	28	28	30	27	27	27	27	30	30	26	28	30	27	26	30	28	29	29	28	29
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	7:02	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:08	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:59	-	7:21	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	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	1.0 ENE	1.5 S	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	20	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	16	14	14	8	14	11	7	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 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	0.1 E	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	21	13	13	13	7	7	7	8	11	6	9	9	14	10	8	14	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	-	-	0.7 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	4	-	-	-

	Saturday 13					Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tue
	10AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	7AM	9AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	6PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Bahia Solano Pacific	Tamarindo Guanacaste	Playa Jaco Golfo de Nicoya	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Celestino Sinaloa	El Paredon Pacific Coast	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Mariatos Veraguas	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	21	21	20	20	18	18	18	18	17	18	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	680	744	703	650	616	545	649	702	1105	542	1369	1348	1644	1473	1644	1587	2026	1483	2223	1904	1430	1396
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)	7:20AM 3.44								7:50AM 0.95				7:39PM 0.80				8:27AM 1.09					10:08PM 2.72
Low Tide / height (m)			12:50PM 0.23			10:15PM 0.39					1:49PM 0.24				12:26AM 0.29				3:49PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	5	1	2	3
Temp. °C	27	28	26	29	27	26	26	26	26	29	28	28	27	26	25	25	26	28	26	27	26	25
Chill °C (?)	27	28	26	29	27	26	26	26	26	29	28	28	27	26	25	25	26	28	26	27	26	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:39	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	20	18	18	18	18	17	18	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 S	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	6	9	9	9	7	9	8	6	21	7	20	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	7	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13																	Sunday 14
	8AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	3PM	3PM	3PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	2AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Bahia Solano Pacific	Tamarindo Guanacaste	Playa Jaco Golfo de Nicoya	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Celestino Sinaloa	El Paredon Pacific Coast	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Jiquilillo Leon Province	Mariatos Veraguas	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	613	771	698	685	567	561	556	643	667	341	614	619	651	616	616	622	713	516	766	719	609	600
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:20AM 3.44				10:47AM 0.97								6:51PM 0.81
Low Tide / height (m)																			1:59AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	2	-	-
High °C	26	27	27	27	28	29	29	27	29	29	29	28	29	27	27	26	27	23	26	25	26	26
Chill °C (?)	26	27	27	27	28	29	29	27	29	29	29	28	29	27	27	26	27	23	26	25	26	26
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	6	9	9	9	7	7	7	6	9	8	9	9	9	7	7	7	8	8	6	9	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 S	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	6	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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