Playa Guiones, Nosara

Playa Guiones, Nosara is an SW-facing beach break in Nosara, Costa Rica. It picks up swell from SE to SSW and SSW to NW. Offshore wind here blows from the NE: light winds or NE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SW onshores chop it up.

Break

Beach

Faces

SW (225°)

Best swell

SSW to W (198°–266°) or S to SSW (185°–197°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

N to E offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

SE to SSW (125.5° to 197.5°); SSW to NW (198° to 312.5°)

Offshore wind

NE

Tide

Model estimate

Wave buoy

None within 250 km

Cams

1