Check the Beach

Playa Pencal

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

No photo of Playa Pencal yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.

Today at a glance

Calmest: 6 am to 9 am, sunset 5:20 pm
6 am
4.8
2 km/h1 mph wind, Fair
7 am
5.3
2 km/h1 mph wind, Fair
8 am
4.9
6 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
9 am
4.4
4 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
10 am
4.1
11 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
11 am
3.0
7 km/h4 mph wind, Poor
12 pm
3.7
1 km/h1 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
3.8
6 km/h4 mph wind, Poor
2 pm
3.9
11 km/h7 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
3.0
7 km/h5 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
4.3
2 km/h1 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
4.5
3 km/h2 mph wind, Fair

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
25°C77°F
Water
30°C87°F
Wind
32 km/hmph NNE
Gusts
53 km/hmph
Waves
1.5 m5 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
43%
Sunset
5:20 pm
Today
4.8Fair6 am21
5.3Fair7 am21
4.9Fair8 am63
4.4Fair9 am43
4.1Fair10 am117
3.0Poor11 am74
3.7Poor12 pm11
3.8Poor1 pm64
3.9Poor2 pm117
3.0Poor3 pm75
4.3Fair4 pm21
4.5Fair5 pm32
Sat
5.4Fair6 am53
5.7Good7 am32
5.9Good8 am11
5.9Good9 am32
5.4Fair10 am64
4.6Fair11 am96
4.1Fair12 pm85
3.9Poor1 pm21
3.9Poor2 pm64
3.1Poor3 pm85
4.0Fair4 pm53
4.1Fair5 pm85
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 6 am, -0.1 m. High at 12 pm, 1.3 m. Low at 6 pm, -0.1 mLow 6 am, -0.1 m<1 ftHigh 12 pm, 1.3 m4 ftLow 6 pm, -0.1 m<1 ftNow6 am12 pm6 pm12 am
  • Low 6 am, -0.1 m<1 ft
  • High 12 pm, 1.3 m4 ft
  • Low 6 pm, -0.1 m<1 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun6.6 GoodBest 6 am to 11 amWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 90%
  • Mon6.4 GoodBest 6 am to 12 pmWind up to 12 km/h8 mph, rain 82%
  • Tue6.4 GoodBest 6 am to 11 amWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 93%
  • Wed6.2 GoodBest 6 am to 11 amWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 71%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest airport
18 km11 miAeropuerto de Cóbano (ACO)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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