Nicaragua Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Nicaragua 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 Nicaragua region.

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Nicaragua Wavefinder

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	Tue		Wednesday 22			Thu		Friday 24			Sat				Sunday 26			Mon		Tuesday 28
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Nicaragua	Pascuales Colima	Chacahua Oaxaca	Isla Grande Colón	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	Jacmel South Coast	Jacmel South Coast	Jacmel South Coast	Jacmel South Coast	Cañaveral Caribbean	Cañaveral Caribbean	Cañaveral Caribbean	Cañaveral Caribbean	Jacmel South Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Jacmel South Coast	Jacmel South Coast	Jacmel South Coast	Jacmel South Coast	Jacmel South Coast
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	4	3	4	5	6	9	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 NE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.9 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	0.9 N	2.3 SE	0.8 SW	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	4.0 SSW	4.0 S	6.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	13	6	13	14	15	14	7	7	10	11	9	11	11	11	8	17	8	8	11	11	11
Energy(?)	523	431	59	388	429	213	221	521	562	790	2211	144	425	412	305	1148	400	1182	1698	4046	5206	9351
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:53AM 2.07				9:01AM 1.07	4:09PM 0.67	10:30PM 1.17				5:08AM 1.00	5:29PM 0.68		9:24AM 1.00					7:21PM 2.86	7:23AM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)		8:42PM 0.35	9:16AM 0.22	1:29AM 0.11	9:10PM 0.20	3:09AM 0.51				4:16PM 0.18	11:26PM 0.64	11:44AM 0.14		11:08PM 0.14	3:05AM 0.60	5:37PM 0.41	11:37PM 0.71		5:49PM 0.38	1:21AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	5	5	-	1	3	2	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	30	28	27	29	27	27	27	25	27	26	29	29	29	27	30	27	26	30	27	30	30	27
Low °C	28	25	27	28	26	27	26	24	27	25	26	29	27	26	30	26	25	29	25	26	29	27
Chill °C (?)	30	28	27	29	27	27	27	25	27	26	29	29	29	27	30	27	26	30	27	30	30	27
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:22	-	6:46	-	-	6:46	5:45	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-
Sunset	6:29	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:00	-	6:22	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 NE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.9 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	1.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.8 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	0.9 SE
Period (s)	15	13	6	13	14	6	14	9	9	10	11	9	11	11	6	11	17	9	9	11	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.2 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 WSW	0.9 N	1.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.1 SE
Period (s)	6	16	12	16	21	15	22	-	-	-	-	8	8	6	11	9	8	11	11	13	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.9 SSW	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.7 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.1 W	1.0 W	-	-	2.3 SE	-	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.3 SE	4.0 S	6.0 SW
Period (s)	-	3	-	6	-	-	6	7	7	7	7	5	5	-	-	8	-	8	8	7	11	11

	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	3PM	6PM	9PM	2AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	6PM	10PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	7PM	9PM	1AM	4AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nicaragua	Tamarindo Guanacaste	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Jacmel South Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Hammerhead Nayarit	Isla Grande Colón	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	2.1 SE	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 NE	0.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	18	18	10	16	16	16	14	12	14	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	13	14	14	20
Energy(?)	546	569	529	1600	532	520	560	273	355	297	329	521	520	519	291	280	226	227	242	977	272	314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)	2:41PM 2.21							9:01AM 1.54						3:46AM 0.98		9:17AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			8:42PM 0.35	12:57AM 0.13						3:34PM 0.13		9:10PM 0.20								10:54PM 0.59		3:16AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	3	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	1
Temp. °C	29	27	26	24	26	27	26	28	27	28	26	27	26	25	27	28	27	27	27	25	25	25
Chill °C (?)	29	27	26	24	26	27	26	28	27	28	26	27	26	25	27	28	27	27	27	25	25	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.8 SE	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 NE	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	1.1 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	14	12	12	10	13	16	16	14	12	14	16	14	14	14	14	14	6	9	13	18	6	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 NW	0.1 NE	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SW	0.3 WNW	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	6	18	18	-	16	13	13	5	12	6	6	7	7	7	21	5	14	12	8	22	14	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	1.5 SSW	-	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	14	-	6

	Tuesday 21										Wednesday 22
	1PM	2PM	3PM	6PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	10PM	10PM	0AM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	7AM	9AM	10AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nicaragua	Tamarindo Guanacaste	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	El Zunzal Costa del Balsamo	Jacmel South Coast	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Chacahua Oaxaca	Hammerhead Nayarit	Isla Grande Colón	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bahia Solano Pacific	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Chacahua Oaxaca	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Hammerhead Nayarit	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Playa Venao Gulf of Panama	Bahia Solano Pacific	Barre de Navidad Jalisco
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.9 SE	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 NE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 NE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	18	18	9	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	13	13	13	16	16	13	7	16	12	16	13
Energy(?)	491	608	608	573	602	412	583	425	73	438	194	431	438	440	499	453	138	102	518	191	340	356
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			2:43PM 1.83	5:31PM 0.66						9:35PM 0.96
Low Tide / height (m)															2:59AM 0.47	3:02AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-
High °C	28	28	28	26	29	29	28	28	26	27	25	26	26	26	27	28	26	25	26	27	26	30
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	26	29	29	28	28	26	27	25	26	26	26	27	28	26	25	26	27	26	30
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	6:54	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:22	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 NE	0.9 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 NE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	12	12	-	14	14	14	14	7	14	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	16	12	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.5 SSE	0.4 NW	0.5 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	-	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	6	18	18	-	8	14	8	7	4	16	12	16	16	16	16	16	6	-	13	6	6	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.9 SE	0.4 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.6 NW	-	0.7 WNW	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	6	4	6	3	-	5	-	3	3	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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