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Playa Pencal

Puntarenas, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica

Playa Pencal 1 photo

  • Playa Pochote... - panoramio

    Playa Pochote... - panoramio. Andrés Berrocal Soto, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 7 am to 10 am, sunset 5:19 pm
6 am
4.6
7 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
7 am
4.6
7 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
8 am
4.8
9 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
9 am
4.8
10 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
10 am
4.4
17 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
11 am
4.1
17 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
4.0
14 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
3.8
16 km/h10 mph wind, Poor
2 pm
3.7
15 km/h9 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
3.7
15 km/h10 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
3.9
9 km/h6 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
4.0
7 km/h4 mph wind, Fair

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

Where to stay near the beach

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Forecast, hour by hour

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

Air
27°C81°F
Water
30°C87°F
Wind
53 km/hmph SSE
Gusts
117 km/hmph
Waves
1.3 m4 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
67%
Sunset
5:19 pm
Today
4.6Fair6 am75
4.6Fair7 am75
4.8Fair8 am96
4.8Fair9 am106
4.4Fair10 am1710
4.1Fair11 am1711
4.0Fair12 pm149
3.8Poor1 pm1610
3.7Poor2 pm159
3.7Poor3 pm1510
3.9Poor4 pm96
4.0Fair5 pm74
Sat
5.7Good6 am21
5.9Good7 am64
6.1Good8 am21
6.2Good9 am21
6.2Good10 am85
5.9Good11 am159
5.3Fair12 pm1912
5.0Fair1 pm159
4.3Fair2 pm1710
4.0Fair3 pm127
3.9Poor4 pm106
3.1Poor5 pm106
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.

  • Sun6.3 GoodBest 6 am to 12 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 90%
  • Mon7.1 GreatBest 6 am to 12 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 72%
  • Tue7.3 GreatBest 6 am to 9 amWind up to 31 km/h19 mph, rain 69%
  • Wed8.3 GreatBest 8 am to 1 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 39%
  • Thu8.0 GreatBest 8 am to 3 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 51%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest airport
4 km2 miAeropuerto de Tambor (TMU)

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

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