Playa Hermosa

Bahía Ballena, Costa Rica

Right now

Conditions at 2:00 PM Central Standard Time.

Poor

Knee-high (0.7 m) at 8 s, heading toward NE, with moderate cross-onshore wind toward NNE.

Swell

0.7 m

NE

8 s

Wind

12 km/h

NNE

Cross-onshore

Tide

0.9 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

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Good

0.7 m · 8 s

NNE

4 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

WNW

Offshore

1 m

Overcast · 26 °C

1 AM

Good

0.7 m · 9 s

NNE

2 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

NNW

Cross-shore

0.9 m

Overcast · 25 °C

2 AM

Good

0.7 m · 9 s

NE

0 km/h · 5 km/h gusts

N

Onshore

1 m

Overcast · 26 °C

3 AM

Good

0.7 m · 9 s

NE

1 km/h · 4 km/h gusts

ESE

Onshore

1.2 m

Overcast · 26 °C

4 AM

Good

0.7 m · 8 s

NE

1 km/h · 4 km/h gusts

N

Onshore

1.5 m

Overcast · 25 °C

5 AM

Fair

0.7 m · 7 s

NNE

4 km/h · 11 km/h gusts

N

Onshore

1.8 m

Drizzle · 25 °C

6 AM

Fair

0.7 m · 7 s

NNE

4 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

NW

Cross-shore

2 m

Drizzle · 25 °C

7 AM

Fair

0.7 m · 6 s

NNE

3 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

N

Onshore

2.2 m

Light drizzle · 27 °C

8 AM

Poor

0.7 m · 6 s

NNE

10 km/h · 24 km/h gusts

N

Onshore

2.2 m

Light drizzle · 27 °C

9 AM

Poor

0.7 m · 6 s

NNE

11 km/h · 27 km/h gusts

N

Onshore

2 m

Light showers · 27 °C

10 AM

Poor

0.7 m · 6 s

NNE

8 km/h · 28 km/h gusts

N

Onshore

1.8 m

Thunderstorm · 28 °C

11 AM

Poor

0.7 m · 6 s

NNE

13 km/h · 33 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

1.5 m

Light drizzle · 29 °C

12 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 6 s

NNE

10 km/h · 34 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

1.2 m

Overcast · 29 °C

1 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 7 s

NNE

11 km/h · 29 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

1 m

Light drizzle · 28 °C

2 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 8 s

NE

12 km/h · 32 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

0.9 m

Thunderstorm · 26 °C

3 PM

Good

0.7 m · 8 s

NE

5 km/h · 29 km/h gusts

N

Onshore

1 m

Thunderstorm · 26 °C

4 PM

Good

0.6 m · 9 s

NE

4 km/h · 15 km/h gusts

N

Onshore

1.2 m

Drizzle · 26 °C

5 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 10 s

NE

6 km/h · 18 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

1.4 m

Light showers · 26 °C

6 PM

Good

0.6 m · 10 s

NE

4 km/h · 16 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

1.7 m

Drizzle · 26 °C

7 PM

Good

0.6 m · 10 s

NE

3 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

NW

Cross-shore

1.9 m

Light drizzle · 26 °C

8 PM

Good

0.6 m · 11 s

NE

5 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

N

Onshore

2 m

Light drizzle · 26 °C

9 PM

Good

0.6 m · 11 s

NE

2 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

WNW

Cross-shore

1.9 m

Light drizzle · 26 °C

10 PM

Good

0.6 m · 11 s

NE

5 km/h · 11 km/h gusts

N

Onshore

1.8 m

Light drizzle · 26 °C

11 PM

Good

0.6 m · 11 s

NE

3 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

N

Onshore

1.5 m

Light drizzle · 26 °C

Nearby spots

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