Playa Pochote

Costa Rica

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 8:00 PM Central Standard Time.

Epic

Waist-high (0.9 m) at 13 s, heading toward NE, with light cross-offshore wind toward S.

Swell

0.9 m

NE

13 s

Wind

5 km/h

S

Cross-offshore

Tide

1.9 m

Falling

Weather

26 °C

Overcast

31 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Good

0.8 m · 9 s

NNE

5 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

0.7 m

Overcast · 26 °C

1 AM

Fair

0.8 m · 9 s

NNE

6 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

W

Onshore

1.1 m

Light drizzle · 26 °C

2 AM

Good

0.8 m · 9 s

NNE

5 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

1.6 m

Light drizzle · 26 °C

3 AM

Good

0.8 m · 9 s

NNE

4 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

SW

Cross-shore

2.1 m

Overcast · 26 °C

4 AM

Good

0.8 m · 9 s

NNE

3 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

SW

Cross-shore

2.5 m

Overcast · 26 °C

5 AM

Good

0.8 m · 9 s

NNE

4 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

SSW

Offshore

2.7 m

Overcast · 26 °C

6 AM

Good

0.9 m · 9 s

NNE

7 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

W

Onshore

2.6 m

Partly cloudy · 26 °C

7 AM

Good

0.9 m · 10 s

NNE

9 km/h · 22 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

2.3 m

Mostly clear · 28 °C

8 AM

Good

0.9 m · 12 s

NNE

8 km/h · 23 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

1.9 m

Mostly clear · 29 °C

9 AM

Good

0.9 m · 13 s

NE

7 km/h · 22 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

1.3 m

Mostly clear · 30 °C

10 AM

Good

0.9 m · 13 s

NE

8 km/h · 28 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

0.9 m

Mostly clear · 31 °C

11 AM

Good

0.9 m · 13 s

NE

9 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

0.6 m

Heavy drizzle · 30 °C

12 PM

Good

0.9 m · 13 s

NE

10 km/h · 27 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

0.6 m

Light drizzle · 31 °C

1 PM

Good

0.9 m · 13 s

NE

9 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

0.8 m

Light drizzle · 30 °C

2 PM

Good

0.9 m · 13 s

NE

9 km/h · 28 km/h gusts

NW

Onshore

1.2 m

Heavy drizzle · 29 °C

3 PM

Good

0.9 m · 13 s

NE

9 km/h · 27 km/h gusts

NW

Onshore

1.7 m

Light drizzle · 29 °C

4 PM

Good

0.9 m · 13 s

NE

10 km/h · 25 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

2.1 m

Partly cloudy · 29 °C

5 PM

Good

0.9 m · 13 s

NE

9 km/h · 25 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

2.4 m

Overcast · 28 °C

6 PM

Good

0.9 m · 13 s

NE

7 km/h · 19 km/h gusts

W

Onshore

2.4 m

Overcast · 27 °C

7 PM

Epic

0.9 m · 13 s

NE

5 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

SW

Cross-shore

2.2 m

Overcast · 27 °C

8 PM

Epic

0.9 m · 13 s

NE

5 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1.9 m

Overcast · 26 °C

9 PM

Epic

0.9 m · 12 s

NE

5 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.4 m

Overcast · 26 °C

10 PM

Good

1 m · 12 s

NE

7 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1 m

Overcast · 26 °C

11 PM

Good

1.1 m · 11 s

NNE

5 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

0.8 m

Overcast · 26 °C

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