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Playa Terciopelo

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 4:00 PM Central Standard Time.

Fair

Knee-high (0.6 m) at 6 s, heading toward N, with light offshore wind toward WSW.

Swell

0.6 m

6 s

Wind

5 km/h

WSW

Offshore

Tide

1.2 m

Rising

Weather

26 °C

Thunderstorm

31 °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	0.6 m · 8 s	N	1 km/h · 7 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	1 m	Overcast · 26 °C
1 AM	Fair	0.6 m · 8 s	N	2 km/h · 7 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	0.9 m	Overcast · 25 °C
2 AM	Fair	0.6 m · 8 s	N	3 km/h · 8 km/h gusts	SSW Offshore	1 m	Overcast · 25 °C
3 AM	Fair	0.6 m · 7 s	N	3 km/h · 8 km/h gusts	SSE Cross-shore	1.2 m	Overcast · 25 °C
4 AM	Fair	0.6 m · 7 s	N	5 km/h · 9 km/h gusts	S Offshore	1.5 m	Overcast · 25 °C
5 AM	Fair	0.6 m · 7 s	N	5 km/h · 10 km/h gusts	S Cross-shore	1.8 m	Overcast · 24 °C
6 AM	Fair	0.6 m · 7 s	N	7 km/h · 9 km/h gusts	SSW Offshore	2 m	Overcast · 25 °C
7 AM	Fair	0.6 m · 7 s	N	0 km/h · 13 km/h gusts	W Offshore	2.2 m	Partly cloudy · 27 °C
8 AM	Fair	0.6 m · 8 s	N	2 km/h · 10 km/h gusts	ENE Onshore	2.2 m	Partly cloudy · 28 °C
9 AM	Fair	0.7 m · 8 s	N	5 km/h · 17 km/h gusts	N Cross-shore	2 m	Overcast · 29 °C
10 AM	Poor	0.7 m · 7 s	N	9 km/h · 25 km/h gusts	N Cross-shore	1.8 m	Partly cloudy · 30 °C
11 AM	Poor	0.6 m · 7 s	N	9 km/h · 25 km/h gusts	NNE Onshore	1.4 m	Clear · 30 °C
12 PM	Poor	0.6 m · 7 s	N	14 km/h · 34 km/h gusts	NNE Onshore	1.2 m	Light drizzle · 30 °C
1 PM	Poor	0.6 m · 6 s	N	10 km/h · 34 km/h gusts	NNW Cross-shore	1 m	Drizzle · 29 °C
2 PM	Fair	0.6 m · 6 s	N	7 km/h · 27 km/h gusts	NW Offshore	0.9 m	Heavy drizzle · 28 °C
3 PM	Fair	0.6 m · 6 s	N	9 km/h · 23 km/h gusts	W Offshore	1 m	Drizzle · 28 °C
4 PM	Fair	0.6 m · 6 s	N	5 km/h · 26 km/h gusts	WSW Offshore	1.2 m	Thunderstorm · 26 °C
5 PM	Fair	0.6 m · 6 s	N	5 km/h · 12 km/h gusts	NW Offshore	1.4 m	Drizzle · 27 °C
6 PM	Fair	0.6 m · 6 s	N	5 km/h · 15 km/h gusts	WSW Offshore	1.7 m	Light drizzle · 26 °C
7 PM	Fair	0.6 m · 6 s	N	7 km/h · 13 km/h gusts	W Offshore	1.9 m	Overcast · 26 °C
8 PM	Fair	0.6 m · 6 s	N	2 km/h · 13 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	2 m	Overcast · 26 °C
9 PM	Fair	0.6 m · 6 s	N	3 km/h · 9 km/h gusts	SSE Cross-shore	1.9 m	Light drizzle · 26 °C
10 PM	Fair	0.6 m · 6 s	N	1 km/h · 9 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	1.8 m	Light drizzle · 26 °C
11 PM	Fair	0.6 m · 6 s	N	3 km/h · 7 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	1.6 m	Overcast · 25 °C