Playa Tárcoles

Tárcoles, Costa Rica

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 6:00 PM Central Standard Time.

Good

Knee-high (0.8 m) at 10 s, heading toward N, with light cross-offshore wind toward S.

Swell

0.8 m

N

10 s

Wind

4 km/h

S

Cross-offshore

Tide

2.3 m

Falling

Weather

27 °C

Overcast

31 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Thursday, September 17, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Good

1 m · 10 s

NNE

8 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

NW

Cross-shore

0.7 m

Overcast · 25 °C

1 AM

Good

1 m · 10 s

NNE

7 km/h · 17 km/h gusts

NW

Cross-shore

0.9 m

Overcast · 25 °C

2 AM

Good

1 m · 10 s

NNE

9 km/h · 20 km/h gusts

NW

Cross-shore

1.3 m

Overcast · 25 °C

3 AM

Good

1 m · 10 s

NNE

9 km/h · 22 km/h gusts

WNW

Offshore

1.8 m

Mostly clear · 25 °C

4 AM

Good

1 m · 10 s

NNE

8 km/h · 22 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

2.2 m

Partly cloudy · 24 °C

5 AM

Good

1 m · 10 s

NNE

8 km/h · 19 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

2.5 m

Mostly clear · 24 °C

6 AM

Good

1 m · 10 s

NNE

7 km/h · 18 km/h gusts

WNW

Offshore

2.6 m

Mostly clear · 26 °C

7 AM

Good

0.9 m · 10 s

NNE

6 km/h · 17 km/h gusts

WNW

Offshore

2.4 m

Clear · 27 °C

8 AM

Good

0.8 m · 10 s

NNE

4 km/h · 16 km/h gusts

NW

Cross-shore

2.1 m

Clear · 29 °C

9 AM

Good

0.8 m · 9 s

NNE

3 km/h · 15 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

1.7 m

Mostly clear · 30 °C

10 AM

Good

0.8 m · 9 s

NNE

5 km/h · 18 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.2 m

Light drizzle · 31 °C

11 AM

Fair

0.8 m · 9 s

NNE

8 km/h · 25 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

0.9 m

Light drizzle · 31 °C

12 PM

Fair

0.8 m · 9 s

N

10 km/h · 26 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

0.7 m

Light showers · 32 °C

1 PM

Fair

0.8 m · 9 s

N

10 km/h · 29 km/h gusts

N

Onshore

0.8 m

Light drizzle · 31 °C

2 PM

Fair

0.8 m · 9 s

N

9 km/h · 27 km/h gusts

NW

Cross-shore

1 m

Light showers · 29 °C

3 PM

Good

0.8 m · 9 s

N

5 km/h · 25 km/h gusts

NNW

Cross-shore

1.4 m

Thunderstorm · 28 °C

4 PM

Good

0.8 m · 9 s

N

6 km/h · 18 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1.8 m

Thunderstorm · 27 °C

5 PM

Good

0.8 m · 9 s

N

5 km/h · 18 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

2.1 m

Light drizzle · 27 °C

6 PM

Good

0.8 m · 10 s

N

4 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

2.3 m

Overcast · 27 °C

7 PM

Good

0.8 m · 9 s

N

2 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

2.3 m

Overcast · 27 °C

8 PM

Good

0.8 m · 9 s

N

0 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

WNW

Offshore

2 m

Overcast · 26 °C

9 PM

Good

0.8 m · 9 s

N

0 km/h · 4 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.7 m

Overcast · 26 °C

10 PM

Good

0.8 m · 9 s

N

1 km/h · 5 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1.3 m

Overcast · 26 °C

11 PM

Good

0.8 m · 10 s

N

2 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1 m

Overcast · 26 °C

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