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Playa Maderas surf report & forecast

intermediate · 11.23, -85.83

Consistent beach break near San Juan del Sur.

Right nowForecast · 17:05

Updated 10h ago

37GLYPH SCORE
FLAT.

Save your wax — better windows are coming.

Sea 3.2ft @ 12s SW, holding · choppy (13kt NE) · low tide 11 PM

SWELL
3.2ft · 12s
WIND
13kt NE
WAVE
3.2ft
DIR
SW

Next hours

FREE
5 PM
37
3–4ft
SW
Tomorrow · 6 AM
48
2–4ft
SW
Tomorrow · 8 AM
38
3–4ft
SW
Tomorrow · 10 AM
28
3–4ft
SW
Tomorrow · 12 PM
27
3–4ft
SW
Tomorrow · 3 PM
39
3–4ft
SW

7-day forecast

FREE · NO ACCOUNT NEEDED
DAY
SCORE
SWELL
AM · PM
RATING
Fri
Oct 30
—
3.2ft
— · 38
—
Sat
Oct 31
41
3.6ft
37 · 39
FUN
Sun
Nov 1
46
3.8ft
42 · 42
FUN
Mon
Nov 2
50
3.7ft
43 · 43
FUN
Tue
Nov 3
66
3.5ft
56 · 49
GO
Wed
Nov 4
77
3.4ft
70 · 51
GO
Thu
Nov 5
66
3.6ft
65 · 64
GO

Tide & daylight

MODELLED · OPEN-METEO
LOW
23:00
HIGH
05:00
SUNRISE
05:34
SUNSET
17:19
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Surfing Playa Maderas

Consistent beach break near San Juan del Sur.

Conditions are rated intermediate level. The wave works best with a light offshore wind early in the morning, a favourable tide on the push and a clean groundswell. Check the hour-by-hour panel and the forecast table to pick your window.

Early morning, before the wind comes up. Aim for a light offshore around dawn on a mid-to-low pushing tide with a clean groundswell — that combination produces the cleanest, most makeable peaks.

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