Playa Boca de Barranca

Costa Rica

Right now

Conditions at 4:00 AM Central Standard Time.

Fair

Ankle-high (0.4 m) at 8 s, heading toward N, with light cross-offshore wind toward W.

Swell

0.4 m

N

8 s

Wind

2 km/h

W

Cross-offshore

Tide

1.8 m

Rising

Weather

26 °C

Partly cloudy

31 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Friday, September 18, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Good

0.4 m · 8 s

N

3 km/h · 5 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

0.8 m

Partly cloudy · 27 °C

1 AM

Good

0.4 m · 8 s

N

3 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

0.8 m

Partly cloudy · 26 °C

2 AM

Fair

0.4 m · 8 s

N

2 km/h · 6 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1 m

Mostly clear · 26 °C

3 AM

Fair

0.4 m · 8 s

N

1 km/h · 4 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1.4 m

Partly cloudy · 26 °C

4 AM

Fair

0.4 m · 8 s

N

2 km/h · 4 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

1.8 m

Partly cloudy · 26 °C

5 AM

Fair

0.4 m · 8 s

N

5 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

2.1 m

Partly cloudy · 26 °C

6 AM

Good

0.4 m · 8 s

N

2 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

2.3 m

Mostly clear · 26 °C

7 AM

Good

0.4 m · 8 s

N

2 km/h · 11 km/h gusts

WNW

Offshore

2.3 m

Mostly clear · 28 °C

8 AM

Good

0.4 m · 8 s

N

5 km/h · 18 km/h gusts

NNW

Onshore

2.2 m

Mostly clear · 29 °C

9 AM

Good

0.4 m · 8 s

N

5 km/h · 19 km/h gusts

NNW

Onshore

1.9 m

Mostly clear · 31 °C

10 AM

Fair

0.4 m · 8 s

N

11 km/h · 29 km/h gusts

N

Onshore

1.5 m

Mostly clear · 32 °C

11 AM

Poor

0.4 m · 8 s

N

14 km/h · 35 km/h gusts

N

Onshore

1.1 m

Light drizzle · 31 °C

12 PM

Poor

0.4 m · 8 s

N

17 km/h · 42 km/h gusts

N

Onshore

0.9 m

Light drizzle · 31 °C

1 PM

Poor

0.4 m · 8 s

N

11 km/h · 42 km/h gusts

NNW

Onshore

0.8 m

Thunderstorm · 29 °C

2 PM

Poor

0.4 m · 8 s

NNE

8 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

NW

Cross-shore

0.9 m

Drizzle · 28 °C

3 PM

Fair

0.4 m · 8 s

NNE

4 km/h · 21 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1.1 m

Drizzle · 28 °C

4 PM

Poor

0.4 m · 8 s

NNE

7 km/h · 17 km/h gusts

NW

Cross-shore

1.5 m

Light drizzle · 27 °C

5 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 8 s

NNE

7 km/h · 17 km/h gusts

NW

Cross-shore

1.8 m

Drizzle · 27 °C

6 PM

Fair

0.3 m · 8 s

NNE

5 km/h · 15 km/h gusts

NW

Cross-shore

2 m

Light drizzle · 27 °C

7 PM

Poor

0.4 m · 8 s

N

2 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

WNW

Cross-shore

2.1 m

Overcast · 27 °C

8 PM

Poor

0.4 m · 7 s

N

1 km/h · 4 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

2.1 m

Overcast · 27 °C

9 PM

Poor

0.4 m · 7 s

N

0 km/h · 1 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1.9 m

Overcast · 27 °C

10 PM

Poor

0.4 m · 7 s

N

4 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.6 m

Overcast · 26 °C

11 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 8 s

N

6 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.3 m

Partly cloudy · 26 °C

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