Check the Beach

Playa Sombrero

Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica

Playa Sombrero 1 photo

  • Masked tree frog swimming

    Masked tree frog swimming. Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

Tomorrow at a glance

Calmest: 3 pm to sunset, sunset 5:13 pm
6 am
3.1
9 km/h5 mph wind, Poor
7 am
3.6
14 km/h8 mph wind, Poor
8 am
4.0
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
9 am
4.1
5 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
10 am
4.2
2 km/h1 mph wind, Fair
11 am
4.3
5 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
4.4
4 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
4.4
6 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
4.4
7 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
4.4
1 km/h0 mph wind, Fair
4 pm
4.5
3 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
4.6
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
28°C82°F
Water
30°C86°F
Wind
53 km/hmph W
Gusts
106 km/hmph
Waves
1.6 m5 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
94%
Sunset
5:13 pm
Today
5.4Fair6 am75
5.7Good7 am95
6.0Good8 am42
6.2Good9 am85
6.0Good10 am1610
6.0Good11 am1610
5.8Good12 pm138
5.4Fair1 pm138
4.9Fair2 pm128
4.3Fair3 pm138
4.1Fair4 pm127
3.8Poor5 pm95
Fri
3.1Poor6 am95
3.6Poor7 am148
4.0Fair8 am85
4.1Fair9 am53
4.2Fair10 am21
4.3Fair11 am53
4.4Fair12 pm43
4.4Fair1 pm64
4.4Fair2 pm74
4.4Fair3 pm10
4.5Fair4 pm32
4.6Fair5 pm74
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 12 am, 1.6 m. Low at 6 am, -0.2 m. High at 12 pm, 1.5 m. Low at 6 pm, -0.2 mHigh 12 am, 1.6 m5 ftLow 6 am, -0.2 m<1 ftHigh 12 pm, 1.5 m5 ftLow 6 pm, -0.2 m<1 ftNow5 am11 am5 pm11 pm
  • High 12 am, 1.6 m5 ft
  • Low 6 am, -0.2 m<1 ft
  • High 12 pm, 1.5 m5 ft
  • Low 6 pm, -0.2 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.

  • Sat5.5 GoodBest 10 am to 12 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 99%
  • Sun5.2 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 15 km/h10 mph, rain 97%
  • Mon5.5 GoodBest 6 am to 10 amWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 88%
  • Tue5.3 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 66%
  • Wed7.1 GreatBest 6 am to 2 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 75%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest airport
14 km9 miAeropuerto de Puerto Jiménez (PJM)

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

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