Beginner spot · Beach break

Tamarindo

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

A warm-water beach town with mellow waves and a long line of surf schools.

Swell and wind

This is the swell out at sea, not the surf on the beach. How big it breaks here depends on the swell’s direction and period, the sea floor and the tide. Check a surf report for the size.

Swell
1.5 m (5 ft) from the SW, 11 s period (groundswell), out at sea
Wind
Light cross-shore, 8 km/h (4 knots) from the SE
Water
30°C (87°F). Wear a boardies (and a rashie).
Next few days: swell height, period and wind
DayMorningAfternoon
Tomorrow1.5 m · 12 s · Offshore1.5 m · 12 s · Cross-shore
Saturday1.5 m · 12 s · Offshore1.5 m · 11 s · Cross-shore

Model data for 21:15 on Thu 5 Nov (GMT-6), updated hourly. Data from Open-Meteo.com.

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