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

	Tue	Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12
	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Tenexpa Guerrero	Jacmel South Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Jacmel South Coast	La Saladita Guerrero	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Hammerhead Nayarit	La Saladita Guerrero	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Hammerhead Nayarit	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Hammerhead Nayarit	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Pinitas Guerrero	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Negra Limon	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.3 SE	0.9 SW	0.7 S	1.2 SE	0.8 SW	0.9 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	1.4 SE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	15	7	14	16	8	14	14	18	13	12	19	18	18	16	16	16	8	15	15	10	14	14
Energy	489	169	406	436	160	420	595	315	580	691	894	904	1353	921	1028	1126	227	792	627	622	541	539
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:28PM 1.00	6:10AM 0.46		6:08PM 0.98	6:50AM 0.42		6:19PM 2.33	7:59AM 2.65	2:53AM 0.63	7:20PM 0.92	7:47AM 0.68		7:56PM 1.50	9:47AM 2.59		10:01PM 2.49	3:15PM 0.52	3:22AM 0.56	9:10PM 0.77	10:02AM 0.81		6:47PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		11:31AM 0.15		12:42AM 0.15		12:11PM 0.65	12:41AM 0.62			1:49AM 0.19		1:24PM 0.24	2:20AM 0.48		2:54PM 0.98			8:54PM 0.32		3:28AM 0.22	3:20PM 0.33	1:18AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	-	-	-	1	-	-	10	-	-
High °C	27	29	30	30	29	28	28	26	28	30	26	29	30	26	31	28	29	29	25	25	31	25
Low °C	26	28	29	28	28	27	26	26	27	28	26	27	27	26	30	26	28	28	24	25	29	24
Chill °C (?)	27	29	30	30	29	28	28	26	28	30	26	29	30	26	31	28	29	29	25	25	31	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	7:12	6:50	-	7:13	7:08	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:23	-	-	6:22	-	7:14	7:24	-	-	7:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	-	0.9 SW	0.7 S	-	0.8 SW	0.9 S	0.7 WNW	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	-	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	-	14	16	-	14	14	6	13	12	19	18	18	16	16	16	-	15	15	10	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	-	0.6 S	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.5 NNW	0.5 S	1.1 S	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	-	0.5 S	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	4	-	18	14	-	15	14	18	13	18	5	12	13	12	12	11	-	11	10	-	10	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 W	1.3 SE	0.4 W	-	1.2 SE	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 NNW	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	7	4	-	8	-	6	6	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 06								Thursday 07								Friday 08
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	7PM	11PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	3PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Tenexpa Guerrero	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Mariatos Veraguas	Jacmel South Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Mariatos Veraguas	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Bahia Solano Pacific	Jacmel South Coast	Jacmel South Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Hammerhead Nayarit
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	16	16	14	16	8	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	8	8	14	14	13	18
Energy	468	509	502	528	506	503	367	817	510	518	655	628	539	750	413	318	523	512	640	606	586	310
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	low	mid-flow	high	low-flow
High Tide / height (m)				5:52AM 0.67	6:22AM 0.40			6:37PM 2.89					6:20AM 1.46								7:15AM 0.49
Low Tide / height (m)			12:06AM 0.14			11:31AM 0.56					12:42AM 0.15				12:11PM 0.79				1:17AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	28	28	27	28	35	29	28	26	28	27	27	29	29	28	27	26	25	27	27	27	26
Chill °C (?)	23	28	28	27	28	35	29	28	26	28	27	27	29	29	28	27	26	25	27	27	27	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	16	16	14	16	8	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	8	8	14	14	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	8	16	13	-	16	16	16	8	21	21	4	-	-	13	13	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 SE	-	-	1.6 SE	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	5	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	8	4	9	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	4	6	6

	Tuesday 05	Wednesday 06
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3AM	5AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	9AM	9AM	11AM	1PM	2PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Costa Rica	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Tenexpa Guerrero	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Mariatos Veraguas	Jacmel South Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	El Paredon Pacific Coast	Mariatos Veraguas	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Bahia Solano Pacific	Jacmel South Coast	Jacmel South Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Playa Bonfil Guerrero	Hammerhead Nayarit
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	8	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	7	14	14	14	14
Energy	459	487	487	492	466	403	305	475	383	507	536	528	478	531	336	278	94	134	459	402	366	227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)												5:52AM 0.67
Low Tide / height (m)						11:27PM 0.34																3:48PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	28	28	28	27	29	26	27	24	28	27	27	28	28	29	27	29	29	30	30	29	26
Chill °C (?)	25	28	28	28	27	29	26	27	24	28	27	27	28	28	29	27	29	29	30	30	29	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SE	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	8	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	-	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	4	9	9	11	-	9	9	9	9	14	9	-	-	-	16	18	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	1.4 SE	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	8	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	4	5	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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