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Icon Global 1

UKMO Global 10

DWD ICON Global 11

GFS GRAPES 13

GFS global 13

BOM ACCESS 15

GEM Global 15

ECMWF IFS 25

GFS GraphCast 25

ECMWF AIFS 28

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	Icon Global 11 km run: 30/04 09:14																																																																GFS 13 km run: 30/04 09:14
Date Optimal	We 30 11h	We 30 12h	We 30 13h	We 30 14h	We 30 15h	We 30 16h	We 30 17h	Th 1 6h	Th 1 7h	Th 1 8h	Th 1 9h	Th 1 10h	Th 1 11h	Th 1 12h	Th 1 13h	Th 1 14h	Th 1 15h	Th 1 16h	Th 1 17h	Fr 2 6h	Fr 2 7h	Fr 2 8h	Fr 2 9h	Fr 2 10h	Fr 2 11h	Fr 2 12h	Fr 2 13h	Fr 2 14h	Fr 2 15h	Fr 2 16h	Fr 2 17h	Sa 3 6h	Sa 3 7h	Sa 3 8h	Sa 3 9h	Sa 3 10h	Sa 3 11h	Sa 3 12h	Sa 3 13h	Sa 3 14h	Sa 3 15h	Sa 3 16h	Sa 3 17h	Su 4 6h	Su 4 7h	Su 4 8h	Su 4 9h	Su 4 10h	Su 4 11h	Su 4 12h	Su 4 13h	Su 4 14h	Su 4 15h	Su 4 16h	Su 4 17h	Mo 5 6h	Mo 5 7h	Mo 5 8h	Mo 5 9h	Mo 5 10h	Mo 5 11h	Mo 5 12h	Mo 5 13h	Mo 5 14h	Mo 5 15h	Mo 5 16h	Mo 5 17h	Tu 6 6h	Tu 6 7h	Tu 6 8h	Tu 6 9h	Tu 6 10h	Tu 6 11h	Tu 6 12h	Tu 6 13h	Tu 6 14h	Tu 6 15h	Tu 6 16h	Tu 6 17h	We 7 6h	We 7 7h	We 7 8h	We 7 9h	We 7 10h	We 7 11h	We 7 12h	We 7 13h	We 7 14h	We 7 15h	We 7 16h	We 7 17h	Th 8 6h	Th 8 7h	Th 8 8h	Th 8 9h	Th 8 10h	Th 8 11h	Th 8 12h	Th 8 13h	Th 8 14h	Th 8 15h	Th 8 16h	Th 8 17h	Fr 9 6h	Fr 9 7h	Fr 9 8h	Fr 9 9h	Fr 9 10h	Fr 9 11h	Fr 9 12h	Fr 9 13h	Fr 9 14h	Fr 9 15h	Fr 9 16h	Fr 9 17h	Sa 10 6h	Sa 10 7h	Sa 10 8h	Sa 10 9h	Sa 10 10h	Sa 10 11h	Sa 10 12h	Sa 10 13h	Sa 10 14h	Sa 10 15h	Sa 10 16h	Sa 10 17h	Su 11 6h	Su 11 7h	Su 11 8h	Su 11 9h	Su 11 10h	Su 11 11h	Su 11 12h	Su 11 13h	Su 11 14h	Su 11 15h	Su 11 16h	Su 11 17h	Mo 12 6h	Mo 12 7h	Mo 12 8h	Mo 12 9h	Mo 12 10h	Mo 12 11h	Mo 12 12h	Mo 12 13h	Mo 12 14h	Mo 12 15h	Mo 12 16h	Mo 12 17h	Tu 13 6h	Tu 13 7h	Tu 13 8h	Tu 13 9h	Tu 13 10h	Tu 13 11h	Tu 13 12h	Tu 13 13h	Tu 13 14h	Tu 13 15h	Tu 13 16h	Tu 13 17h	We 14 6h	We 14 7h	We 14 8h	We 14 9h	We 14 10h	We 14 11h	We 14 12h	We 14 13h	We 14 14h	We 14 15h	We 14 16h	We 14 17h	Th 15 6h	Th 15 7h	Th 15 8h	Th 15 9h	Th 15 10h	Th 15 11h	Th 15 12h	Th 15 13h	Th 15 14h	Th 15 15h	Th 15 16h	Th 15 17h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	0	0	3	8	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	1	1	2	5	6	7	7	7	4	6	8	5	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	2	6	9	7	4	0	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	5	6	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	3	5	4	2	1	0	1	2	4	5	7	7	8	7	6	5	0	0	1	2	4	5	6	7	8	8	6	4	3	3	3	2	1	3	5	6	8	9	9	7	2	3	3	3	1	2	5	8	11	13	12	9	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	3	7	9	8	7	2	2	3	3	1	1	4	7	10	11	11	9	2	3	3	2	1	5	8	9	10	11	10	8	3	3	2	2	3	7	8	6	2	1	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	6	9	9	9	8	5	5	4	5	6	7	7	7	6	5	5	4	3	3
Gusts (kn)	23	23	23	23	22	21	21	1	1	6	14	17	17	18	18	17	16	18	16	2	2	6	9	11	12	13	12	11	12	15	14	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	10	13	15	12	8	1	2	3	5	7	8	10	10	11	11	9	8	1	2	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	9	9	1	3	4	5	8	9	12	12	12	13	12	12	1	2	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	4	4	5	7	3	4	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	1	1	2	3	5	6	7	7	7	7	8	10	2	2	3	5	6	8	9	9	8	8	8	10	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	2	3	4	5	7	8	9	8	6	5	6	8	8	7	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	5	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3
Wave Per.	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wave Energy (Kj)	289	289	287	291	289	291	293	293	296	296	296	296	289	289	289	289	289	289	287	272	274	274	276	276	267	267	267	267	267	267	265	259	259	251	251	251	251	251	251	251	251	253	253	253	253	251	251	251	251	251	255	251	255	257	267	291	291	291	291	291	291	291	293	293	295	298	298	333	333	335	335	335	337	337	340	340	342	345	345
Temp. (°C)	33	34	35	35	35	34	33	24	27	30	32	34	35	35	35	36	36	34	33	24	27	29	32	33	35	36	37	36	34	30	28	25	26	28	30	32	34	34	34	33	31	30	29	25	26	28	30	31	33	33	33	32	31	30	28	25	26	28	30	31	33	34	34	34	33	32	30	24	26	28	30	32	34	35	35	36	35	35	33	26	26	28	29	30	30	30	30	30	29	28	27	25	26	27	28	29	30	30	29	28	27	27	27	26	27	28	29	31	32	33	32	31	30	29	28	26	27	27	28	29	30	31	31	31	31	30	29	26	27	28	30	31	32	33	33	32	31	30	29	27	28	30	31	32	33	34	33	32	31	30	29	26	27	29	31	32	33	34	34	35	34	34	33	27	28	29	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	27	26	24	25	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	27	27
Rain (mm)																		0.1	0.1										0.1	0.8	0.9								0.4	0.4	0.4	1.2	1.2					0.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.8	1.8											0.7	0.7											0.1	0.1		0.6	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.8																							0.2	0.2																																																								0.2	0.2	0.2	2.6	2.6		0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	12	6	60	64	67	80	72	79	69	100	93	100	100	100	100	100	100	73	59	74	92	100	100	100	100	95	89	84	81	77	74	83	91	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	100	100	89	79	68	79	89	100	100	100	100	86	71	57	66	75	84	82	81	66	91	96	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	2	5	9	12	11	9	8	6	5	3	5	8	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	97	100	71	42	13	10	7	4	21	37	54	69	85	15	12	8	5	6	7	8	37	65	94	96	98	7	8	9	10	40	70	100	95	91	86	91	95	95	97	98	100	98	96	94	96	98	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Tide Ht.	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0
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Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Flat, Chop

Water hazards: Rocks

Water quality: Crystal clear

Infos: Flat water. Choppy with more then 22 knots.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Long, sandy beach. Wide with lots of space.

Identified hazards: Rocks

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: Definitely the best period to visit Costa Rica and to surf is during the winter time, between December and April. These are the months where the wind reaches its highest average and the sun is guaranteed, specially on the north Pacific beaches. This is also the dry season. During the day it's hot but dry and the nights are cooler. All year around the temperature is between 22 and 34 degrees C. The water is about 28C, a shorty is used only some days of the year.

Wind type: Thermal

Wind specificities: Hermosa is good only from May to October during the rainy season, when the thermal wind blows between 11am to 3pm, only big gear.

Best months: May, June, July, August, September, October

Access description: by Car - From each airports take the Panamerican highway to the North until the town of La Cruz and Sardinal. Then get to Hermosa. It's very easy to move around by car or by bus. Rent a four wheel drive could cost approx. $350 per week and the longest bus route is not more then $5.

Specific rules: None

Nightlife: No nightlife.

Accommodations: Rooms, Toilet, Food, Parking

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