Meteorology in Central America
Central America is in the middle of North and South America (which is not surprising), but this has consequences for the weather and surf conditions in Costa Rica. Let’s have a look into the basics.
Most Pacific shores in Central America can rely on the consistant, year round, long distance, south-west swells from the South Pacific: low pressures east of New Zealand produce waves from a distance of 10.000 km. The weather system is pushing them constantly toward east on a clockwise rotation.
The southern parts of the Central American Pacific coast receive more of these swells from the south pacific but don’t get a lot of the North Pacific swells that Mexico receives. The north-west swells rarely produce large waves, which will best strike the few west-north-west exposed regions like Guanacaste in Costa Rica.
The tropical storms that form off the Mexican mainland from July to October always follow a northern path and clashes with Mexican coasts. They produce not much swell for Costa Rica.
See for weather forecasts in Central America here or check out our surf book tipps for more and deep information.
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