Playa Santana/Beginners Bay

Rivas, Nicaragua

Right now

Conditions at 11:00 AM Central Standard Time.

Good

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

Swell

0.8 m

NE

12 s

Wind

21 km/h

WSW

Cross-offshore

Tide

1.3 m

Falling

Weather

33 °C

Light drizzle

30 °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

0.9 m · 11 s

NE

14 km/h · 25 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

0.9 m

Overcast · 27 °C

1 AM

Good

0.8 m · 11 s

NE

13 km/h · 26 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

0.8 m

Overcast · 27 °C

2 AM

Good

0.8 m · 11 s

NE

13 km/h · 26 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

0.9 m

Overcast · 27 °C

3 AM

Good

0.8 m · 11 s

NE

15 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1 m

Partly cloudy · 27 °C

4 AM

Good

0.8 m · 11 s

NE

14 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.3 m

Partly cloudy · 27 °C

5 AM

Good

0.8 m · 11 s

NE

9 km/h · 27 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1.6 m

Overcast · 27 °C

6 AM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

NE

10 km/h · 20 km/h gusts

SSW

Offshore

1.9 m

Overcast · 27 °C

7 AM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

NE

14 km/h · 31 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

2 m

Partly cloudy · 28 °C

8 AM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

NE

19 km/h · 41 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

2 m

Overcast · 31 °C

9 AM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

NE

22 km/h · 50 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.9 m

Overcast · 31 °C

10 AM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

NE

20 km/h · 50 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.6 m

Overcast · 33 °C

11 AM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

NE

21 km/h · 49 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.3 m

Light drizzle · 33 °C

12 PM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

NE

19 km/h · 49 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.1 m

Light drizzle · 33 °C

1 PM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

NE

17 km/h · 46 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

0.9 m

Partly cloudy · 35 °C

2 PM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

NE

19 km/h · 44 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

0.8 m

Light drizzle · 34 °C

3 PM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

NE

18 km/h · 45 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

0.9 m

Light showers · 29 °C

4 PM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

NE

11 km/h · 37 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1.1 m

Light drizzle · 30 °C

5 PM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

NE

11 km/h · 28 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.3 m

Drizzle · 28 °C

6 PM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

NE

12 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

SSW

Offshore

1.5 m

Thunderstorm · 25 °C

7 PM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

NE

12 km/h · 25 km/h gusts

SSW

Offshore

1.7 m

Drizzle · 25 °C

8 PM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

NE

7 km/h · 23 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1.8 m

Light drizzle · 25 °C

9 PM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

NE

12 km/h · 22 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1.8 m

Light drizzle · 26 °C

10 PM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

NE

11 km/h · 21 km/h gusts

SSW

Offshore

1.6 m

Overcast · 25 °C

11 PM

Good

0.7 m · 12 s

NE

9 km/h · 19 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1.4 m

Overcast · 25 °C

Nearby spots

Explore nearby breaks, starting with the closest. Worth a look when the wind spoils the surf here.