Check the Beach

Playa Linda

Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica

Today at a glance

Calmest: 3 pm to sunset, sunset 5:15 pm
6 am
4.0
4 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
7 am
3.9
4 km/h3 mph wind, Poor
8 am
3.9
8 km/h5 mph wind, Poor
9 am
3.9
2 km/h1 mph wind, Poor
10 am
4.2
10 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
11 am
4.4
2 km/h1 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
4.7
6 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
4.9
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
5.0
5 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
5.1
3 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
4 pm
5.3
2 km/h1 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
5.5
3 km/h2 mph wind, Good

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
26°C78°F
Water
30°C87°F
Wind
53 km/hmph NNW
Gusts
127 km/hmph
Waves
1.4 m5 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
94%
Sunset
5:15 pm
Today
4.0Fair6 am42
3.9Poor7 am43
3.9Poor8 am85
3.9Poor9 am21
4.2Fair10 am106
4.4Fair11 am21
4.7Fair12 pm63
4.9Fair1 pm85
5.0Fair2 pm53
5.1Fair3 pm32
5.3Fair4 pm21
5.5Good5 pm32
Sat
4.9Fair6 am64
5.2Fair7 am64
5.5Good8 am11
5.7Good9 am21
5.7Good10 am117
4.7Fair11 am96
3.1Poor12 pm85
3.0Poor1 pm138
4.9Fair2 pm32
3.9Poor3 pm53
4.6Fair4 pm32
3.8Poor5 pm42
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, 1.4 m. Low at 6 pm, -0.1 mLow 6 am, -0.1 m<1 ftHigh 12 pm, 1.4 m5 ftLow 6 pm, -0.1 m<1 ftNow6 am12 pm6 pm12 am
  • Low 6 am, -0.1 m<1 ft
  • High 12 pm, 1.4 m5 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.

  • Sun6.1 GoodBest 8 am to 1 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 74%
  • Mon6.0 GoodBest 6 am to 4 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 53%
  • Tue6.8 GoodBest 10 am to 5 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 37%
  • Wed8.3 GreatBest 1 pm to 3 pmWind up to 12 km/h8 mph, rain 30%
  • Thu7.5 GreatBest 10 am to 5 pmWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 53%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
2.7 km1.7 miMatapalo (village)
Nearest airport
25 km16 miAeropuerto La Managua (XQP)

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

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