ariasurf

Playa Manzanillo

Costa Rica

Sand

Visibility is 0.8 km. Fog or rain can hide other surfers and the horizon. Be careful in the water.

Right now

Conditions at 11:00 PM Central Standard Time.

Good

Knee-high (0.8 m) at 12 s, heading toward NE, with moderate offshore wind toward WSW.

Swell

0.8 m

12 s

Wind

7 km/h

WSW

Offshore

Tide

1.2 m

Falling

Weather

26 °C

Overcast

31 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Friday, September 18, 2026

Time	Rating	Swell	Swell direction	Wind	Wind direction	Tide	Weather
12 AM	Good	0.9 m · 11 s	NE	7 km/h · 10 km/h gusts	SSW Offshore	0.7 m	Overcast · 26 °C
1 AM	Good	0.8 m · 11 s	NE	7 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	0.8 m	Overcast · 25 °C
2 AM	Good	0.8 m · 11 s	NE	8 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	WSW Offshore	1 m	Overcast · 25 °C
3 AM	Good	0.8 m · 11 s	NE	8 km/h · 15 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	1.3 m	Overcast · 25 °C
4 AM	Good	0.8 m · 11 s	NE	8 km/h · 15 km/h gusts	WSW Offshore	1.7 m	Partly cloudy · 25 °C
5 AM	Good	0.8 m · 11 s	NE	7 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	2 m	Mostly clear · 25 °C
6 AM	Good	0.8 m · 11 s	NE	7 km/h · 15 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	2.2 m	Overcast · 25 °C
7 AM	Good	0.8 m · 11 s	NE	8 km/h · 17 km/h gusts	SSW Offshore	2.2 m	Clear · 27 °C
8 AM	Good	0.9 m · 11 s	NE	7 km/h · 19 km/h gusts	WSW Offshore	2.1 m	Mostly clear · 30 °C
9 AM	Good	0.9 m · 12 s	NE	8 km/h · 22 km/h gusts	W Offshore	1.8 m	Light drizzle · 31 °C
10 AM	Good	0.8 m · 12 s	NE	8 km/h · 23 km/h gusts	WNW Offshore	1.4 m	Light drizzle · 32 °C
11 AM	Good	0.8 m · 11 s	NE	8 km/h · 23 km/h gusts	NNW Cross-shore	1.1 m	Thunderstorm · 32 °C
12 PM	Fair	0.8 m · 11 s	NE	11 km/h · 28 km/h gusts	NNW Cross-shore	0.8 m	Light drizzle · 31 °C
1 PM	Fair	0.8 m · 11 s	NE	11 km/h · 27 km/h gusts	NNW Cross-shore	0.7 m	Light drizzle · 31 °C
2 PM	Good	0.8 m · 11 s	NE	9 km/h · 26 km/h gusts	NNW Cross-shore	0.8 m	Light drizzle · 31 °C
3 PM	Good	0.8 m · 11 s	NE	10 km/h · 27 km/h gusts	NW Offshore	1 m	Light drizzle · 30 °C
4 PM	Good	0.8 m · 11 s	NE	7 km/h · 24 km/h gusts	WNW Offshore	1.4 m	Light drizzle · 29 °C
5 PM	Good	0.8 m · 11 s	NE	6 km/h · 18 km/h gusts	NNW Cross-shore	1.7 m	Drizzle · 28 °C
6 PM	Good	0.8 m · 11 s	NE	6 km/h · 12 km/h gusts	WNW Offshore	1.9 m	Thunderstorm · 27 °C
7 PM	Good	0.8 m · 11 s	NE	2 km/h · 11 km/h gusts	WNW Offshore	2 m	Drizzle · 27 °C
8 PM	Good	0.8 m · 12 s	NE	6 km/h · 11 km/h gusts	W Offshore	1.9 m	Light drizzle · 26 °C
9 PM	Good	0.8 m · 12 s	NE	8 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	W Offshore	1.8 m	Overcast · 26 °C
10 PM	Good	0.8 m · 12 s	NE	6 km/h · 15 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	1.5 m	Overcast · 26 °C
11 PM	Good	0.8 m · 12 s	NE	7 km/h · 13 km/h gusts	WSW Offshore	1.2 m	Overcast · 26 °C