Playa Avellanas Rivermouth kitesurf spot

Costa Rica · Provincia de Guanacaste

Spot currently openBeginner level 10.24 | -85.84

Overview

Playa Avellanas Rivermouth is the spot located at the river mouth on Playa Avellanas, Pacific coast of Guanacaste. The river mouth creates a calmer and shallower water zone, offering different conditions from the open beach. The north-easterly Papagayo winds blow from December to April. The river mouth area is more accessible to beginners at low tide.
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Spot forecast for Playa Avellanas Rivermouth

Sunrise 05:32 · Sunset 17:23

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Wave height: < 0.5 m 0.5–1 m 1–2 m 2–3 m ≥ 3 m

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Tides

Heights above lowest astronomical tide, in the spot's local time. Computed 4 km from the spot.

6:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:00Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23 Now02:061 m08:192 m14:480.9 m21:091.9 m03:161 m09:241.9 m15:520.9 m22:141.9 m04:291 m10:321.9 m16:510.9 m23:122 m05:300.9 m11:352 m17:430.8 m00:022.2 m06:220.8 m12:282.1 m18:290.7 m
  • Monday 19 October Low tide · 1 m High tide · 2 m Low tide · 0.9 m High tide · 1.9 m
  • Tuesday 20 October Low tide · 1 m High tide · 1.9 m Low tide · 0.9 m High tide · 1.9 m
  • Wednesday 21 October Low tide · 1 m High tide · 1.9 m Low tide · 0.9 m High tide · 2 m
  • Thursday 22 October Low tide · 0.9 m High tide · 2 m Low tide · 0.8 m
  • Friday 23 October High tide · 2.2 m Low tide · 0.8 m High tide · 2.1 m Low tide · 0.7 m

Playa Avellanas Rivermouth: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

264h

in January · 27 rideable days

The season runs from December to April, peaking in January: 24 rideable days a month and 264 hours of usable wind, at 33 °C. The low point is September, at 1.5 days.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 January: 27 rideable days27 d J February: 25 rideable days F March: 22 rideable days M April: 21 rideable days A May: 5.5 rideable days M June: 4 rideable days J July: 14 rideable days J August: 5.5 rideable days A September: 1.5 rideable days1.5 d S October: 3 rideable days O November: 10 rideable days N December: 24.5 rideable days D 0 10 20 30 January: 27 rideable days27 d J February: 25 rideable days F March: 22 rideable days M April: 21 rideable days A May: 5.5 rideable days M June: 4 rideable days J July: 14 rideable days J August: 5.5 rideable days A September: 1.5 rideable days1.5 d S October: 3 rideable days O November: 10 rideable days N December: 24.5 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 69%13-20 knots · 28%21-30 knots · 2%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 69% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is October, at 28 °C. The wettest month is October, with 492 mm.

Monthly averages: Playa Avellanas Rivermouth
Monthly averages — Playa Avellanas Rivermouth — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 27.0 264 h 33 °C 21 mm
February 25.0 232 h 33 °C 19 mm
March 22.0 158 h 34 °C 18 mm
April 21.0 163 h 34 °C 66 mm
May 5.5 24 h 31 °C 307 mm
June 4.0 19 h 29 °C 473 mm
July 14.0 103 h 30 °C 381 mm
August 5.5 29 h 30 °C 309 mm
September 1.5 8 h 29 °C 340 mm
October 3.0 16 h 28 °C 492 mm
November 10.0 83 h 29 °C 318 mm
December 24.5 219 h 31 °C 87 mm

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Technical details of Playa Avellanas Rivermouth spot

N: Rideable NNE: Rideable NE: Rideable ENE: Depending on conditions E: Depending on conditions ESE: Not rideable SE: Not rideable SSE: Not rideable S: Not rideable SSW: Not rideable SW: Not rideable WSW: Not rideable W: Not rideable WNW: Not rideable NW: Not rideable NNW: Not rideable N E S W

The spot works with winds from N, NNE, NE.

Depending on conditions: ENE, E.

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