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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	Sat	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	La Saladita Guerrero	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	2	4	4	1	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.5 SE	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	20	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	11	9	12	12	6	11	11
Energy(?)	589	904	1205	1473	1109	1579	1657	1323	1637	1340	834	1030	1140	607	649	1178	582	2696	2300	19	1262	1144
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	on	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:37AM 1.14		8:54PM 2.89	8:32AM 0.93		8:57PM 1.67	9:28AM 1.88		6:34PM 0.86	8:43AM 0.96		7:18PM 0.94		1:13PM 3.02	8:46PM 0.62	8:56AM 1.00	2:08PM 2.98	2:37AM 3.15			2:11AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)	12:54AM -0.06			3:00AM 0.85		2:50PM 0.45		3:03AM 0.45	1:57PM 0.67	1:41AM 0.15		2:05PM 0.58	2:07AM 0.13	7:01AM 0.93					8:19PM 0.57	8:46AM 0.61	2:58PM 0.35	8:01PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	1	5	-	14	2	1	-	3	1	9	66	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	28	27	30	27	28	27	27	26	30	27	27	29	27	24	30	27	26	30	29	30	30	26
Low °C	26	26	29	26	27	26	25	26	29	25	26	29	25	24	29	25	26	29	28	29	29	25
Chill °C (?)	28	27	30	27	28	27	27	26	30	27	27	29	27	24	30	27	26	30	29	30	30	26
Sunrise	-	5:46	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:52	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:08	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:58	-	6:47	6:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.1 E	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	20	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	16	14	14	7	14	11	9	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	-	0.5 SW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	13	13	13	6	12	8	10	9	6	9	8	14	10	13	13	11	16	-	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	9PM	0AM	3AM	7AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	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	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	La Saladita Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jiquilillo Leon Province
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	21	14	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	16
Energy(?)	647	703	672	702	1105	772	1246	1372	1286	1473	1642	1587	1540	2304	1069	1824	1551	1397	1397	1384	1397	1414
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:51PM 0.81				7:50AM 0.95								9:00AM 0.92					10:08PM 2.72			8:44AM 0.94	9:27AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)							1:48PM 0.27				12:26AM 0.29				3:49PM 0.79					4:18AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	4	1	-	-	2	6	6	-	-
Temp. °C	28	27	25	26	27	28	27	26	27	26	26	26	28	26	28	28	27	26	25	25	27	30
Chill °C (?)	28	27	25	26	27	28	27	26	27	26	26	26	28	26	28	28	27	26	25	25	27	30
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:00	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	6:46	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.9 S	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	6	21	20	20	20	13	13	13	13	13	6	-	12	12	6	6	6	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13					Sunday 14
	7PM	8PM	9PM	11PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	9AM	10AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	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	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	La Saladita Guerrero	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jiquilillo Leon Province
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	21	20	14	14	14	20	20
Energy(?)	651	645	633	641	595	639	655	731	672	731	756	852	847	987	413	1078	997	680	680	1076	1205	1001
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:51PM 0.81													8:15AM 3.16
Low Tide / height (m)							12:59AM 0.22													2:37PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	28	26	26	27	24	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	27	28	28	30	28	28	27	30	27
Chill °C (?)	29	28	26	26	27	24	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	27	28	28	30	28	28	27	30	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	20	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.0 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	9	9	7	6	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	21	20	6	6	20	13	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	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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