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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nicaragua	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Jacmel South Coast	Playa Negra Limon	Hammerhead Nayarit	Jacmel South Coast	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Hammerhead Nayarit	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Punta Canoas Caribbean	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Ocos Pacific Coast	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Puerto Sandino Leon Province
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	3	1	3	3	1	3	3	1	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.8 NE	2.1 ENE	0.7 SW	1.5 SE	1.9 ENE	0.6 S	1.2 SE	2.1 ENE	0.5 S	1.9 ENE	2.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	9	10	13	10	10	12	8	10	12	8	10	12	10	8	14	23	22	20	20	18	17
Energy(?)	358	460	541	240	600	890	210	297	683	171	192	890	146	670	844	245	470	806	1019	1120	1450	1186
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)				3:54AM 2.79		3:50AM 0.26		4:37PM 0.11		5:28AM 0.90	5:28PM 2.39		6:23AM 0.42	6:35PM 0.09		5:44AM 0.33		6:39PM 2.21	7:08AM 1.87		8:21PM 0.20	6:04AM 0.52
Low Tide / height (m)		4:10PM 0.28	9:49PM 0.18	10:01AM 0.16	4:17PM 0.34	9:02PM 0.02	10:59AM -0.01		9:34PM 0.03	11:26AM -0.14		10:29PM 0.17			10:35PM 0.04		1:28PM -0.07	1:00AM 0.51		1:04PM 0.75	11:41PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	5	-	1	7	-	-	5	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	34	27	26	33	27	26	33	28	25	23	28	26	23	27	26	33	28	22	33	28	22	33
Low °C	29	26	24	28	27	25	28	26	24	23	26	25	23	27	26	28	27	21	28	26	18	28
Chill °C (?)	34	27	26	33	27	26	33	28	25	23	28	26	23	27	26	33	28	22	33	28	22	33
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	6:38	-	-	6:38	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:17	-	-	7:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.8 NE	2.1 ENE	0.7 SW	-	1.9 ENE	0.6 S	-	2.1 ENE	0.5 S	1.9 ENE	-	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	9	10	13	10	10	12	-	10	12	-	10	12	10	-	14	14	22	20	20	18	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	11	-	-	19	-	-	18	-	-	6	-	-	15	-	-	11	11	14	13	14	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.5 SE	-	-	1.2 SE	-	0.4 NW	-	2.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 WSW	1.0 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	2	-	-	3	8	-	-	8	-	5	-	8	2	4	6	-	5	6	-

	Wednesday 04					Thursday 05								Friday 06								Sat
	10AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	12PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nicaragua	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Hammerhead Nayarit	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Salina Cruz Oaxaca	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Playa Negra Limon	Jacmel South Coast	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Tamarindo Guanacaste	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Playa Negra Limon	Jacmel South Coast
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.8 ENE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.8 ENE	2.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	13	13	10	8	10	10	10	10	14	12	12	10	8
Energy(?)	508	317	353	327	380	541	588	648	635	285	221	609	823	890	890	890	804	291	183	210	596	862
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		9:57AM 1.51		3:36PM 2.90			3:06AM 0.22						8:31PM 0.45		3:50AM 0.26					4:50PM 2.88
Low Tide / height (m)	8:03AM 0.04								9:43AM 0.02	10:05AM -0.18								10:36AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	3	-	-	1	2	-
Temp. °C	25	23	35	27	22	25	25	24	25	31	34	26	26	26	25	25	25	31	34	27	25	24
Chill °C (?)	25	23	35	27	22	25	25	24	25	31	34	26	26	26	25	25	25	31	34	27	25	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.8 ENE	1.5 SE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.5 SE
Period (s)	9	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	13	13	10	8	10	10	10	10	14	12	12	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	11	10	10	-	-	-	-	18	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	14	17	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.5 ESE	-	2.1 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 E	-	-	2.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	11	-	-	3	3	4	4	-	8	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	8

	Wednesday 04	Thursday 05
	8AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	1AM	2AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nicaragua	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Hammerhead Nayarit	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Barre de Navidad Jalisco	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Salina Cruz Oaxaca	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Playa Negra Limon	Jacmel South Coast	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Tamarindo Guanacaste	Puerto Sandino Leon Province	Dominical Golfo de Nicoya	Playa Negra Limon	Jacmel South Coast
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.7 ENE	1.9 SE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 ENE	1.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	14	14	9	7	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	10	8
Energy(?)	508	323	358	370	419	450	460	460	460	399	329	480	325	450	450	470	530	362	295	279	603	527
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)							1:58PM 0.19			3:39PM 1.05			7:24PM 0.46
Low Tide / height (m)				9:22AM 0.16										8:28PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	29	29	26	26	26	26	27	33	34	26	26	26	26	26	25	26	26	26	23	23
Chill °C (?)	24	23	29	29	26	26	26	26	27	33	34	26	26	26	26	26	25	26	26	26	23	23
Sunrise	6:41	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.7 ENE	-	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 ENE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	9	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	14	14	9	-	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	16	11	10	11	-	-	-	-	11	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	8	19	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 ESE	-	1.9 SE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 ESE	-	-	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	7	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	8

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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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