Tamarindo
Northern Guanacaste, Costa Rica10.302, -85.842Beach break · faces W (260°)
Spot guide
Tamarindo is a W-facing beach break in Northern Guanacaste, Costa Rica. It picks up swell from S to SSW and SSW to NW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 39% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the E: light winds or E breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while W onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- W (260°)
- Best swell
- SW to WNW (220°–301°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- NE to SE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- S to SSW (169° to 194°); SSW to NW (195° to 310.5°)
- Offshore wind
- E
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- 1
Cams at Tamarindo
- Tamarindo Costa Rica Beach · watch on The Surfers View ↗