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Playa Respingue

Santa Elena, Costa Rica

Right now

Conditions at 12:00 PM Central Standard Time.

Good

Knee-high (0.7 m) at 12 s, heading toward NE, with strong cross-offshore wind toward SW.

Swell

0.7 m

12 s

Wind

24 km/h

Cross-offshore

Tide

1.1 m

Falling

Weather

34 °C

Light drizzle

30 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Time	Rating	Swell	Swell direction	Wind	Wind direction	Tide	Weather
12 AM	Good	0.8 m · 11 s	NE	14 km/h · 29 km/h gusts	WSW Offshore	0.9 m	Overcast · 28 °C
1 AM	Good	0.7 m · 11 s	NE	12 km/h · 30 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	0.8 m	Overcast · 28 °C
2 AM	Good	0.7 m · 11 s	NE	11 km/h · 25 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	0.9 m	Partly cloudy · 28 °C
3 AM	Good	0.7 m · 11 s	NE	13 km/h · 27 km/h gusts	WSW Offshore	1 m	Partly cloudy · 28 °C
4 AM	Good	0.7 m · 11 s	NE	15 km/h · 31 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	1.3 m	Partly cloudy · 28 °C
5 AM	Good	0.7 m · 11 s	NE	16 km/h · 35 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	1.6 m	Partly cloudy · 27 °C
6 AM	Good	0.7 m · 11 s	NE	14 km/h · 34 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	1.9 m	Overcast · 27 °C
7 AM	Good	0.7 m · 11 s	NE	19 km/h · 44 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	2 m	Overcast · 28 °C
8 AM	Good	0.7 m · 11 s	NE	25 km/h · 57 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	2 m	Overcast · 30 °C
9 AM	Poor	0.7 m · 12 s	NE	27 km/h · 61 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	1.9 m	Overcast · 31 °C
10 AM	Poor	0.7 m · 12 s	NE	26 km/h · 62 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	1.6 m	Mostly clear · 32 °C
11 AM	Good	0.7 m · 12 s	NE	25 km/h · 60 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	1.3 m	Partly cloudy · 33 °C
12 PM	Good	0.7 m · 12 s	NE	24 km/h · 59 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	1.1 m	Light drizzle · 34 °C
1 PM	Good	0.7 m · 12 s	NE	23 km/h · 57 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	0.9 m	Light drizzle · 34 °C
2 PM	Good	0.6 m · 12 s	NE	23 km/h · 58 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	0.8 m	Overcast · 35 °C
3 PM	Fair	0.6 m · 12 s	NE	15 km/h · 57 km/h gusts	WNW Cross-shore	0.9 m	Drizzle · 31 °C
4 PM	Good	0.6 m · 12 s	NE	7 km/h · 35 km/h gusts	NW Onshore	1.1 m	Light drizzle · 31 °C
5 PM	Good	0.6 m · 12 s	NE	6 km/h · 26 km/h gusts	W Cross-shore	1.3 m	Light drizzle · 30 °C
6 PM	Good	0.6 m · 12 s	NE	5 km/h · 16 km/h gusts	NNW Onshore	1.5 m	Light drizzle · 29 °C
7 PM	Good	0.6 m · 12 s	NE	8 km/h · 25 km/h gusts	N Onshore	1.7 m	Light drizzle · 28 °C
8 PM	Good	0.6 m · 12 s	NE	5 km/h · 26 km/h gusts	NNW Onshore	1.8 m	Overcast · 28 °C
9 PM	Good	0.6 m · 12 s	NE	5 km/h · 13 km/h gusts	N Onshore	1.8 m	Overcast · 27 °C
10 PM	Good	0.6 m · 12 s	NE	4 km/h · 13 km/h gusts	N Onshore	1.6 m	Overcast · 27 °C
11 PM	Good	0.7 m · 11 s	NE	3 km/h · 8 km/h gusts	NE Onshore	1.4 m	Overcast · 27 °C