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Portete, Costa Rica Detailed Weather / Surf Forecast

Issued (local time): 05 am Tuesday 09 Feb 2010
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.0
E 		0.8
ENE 		0.8
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.8
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		1.0
E 		1.1
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		1.1
ENE 		1.1
ENE 		1.0
ENE 		1.5
ENE
Period (s) (?) 7 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8
Wave
Graph
(?)
Max-energy 89 54 48 62 62 62 60 73 53 68 82 100 121 84 118 121 93 253
Wind
(km/h) 		windSSW5metric.gif windSSW10metric.gif windSE5metric.gif windNE5metric.gif windNE5metric.gif windNNW0metric.gif windW5metric.gif windSW10metric.gif windWSW10metric.gif windWSW10metric.gif windWSW5metric.gif windNE0metric.gif windNNE0metric.gif windSW5metric.gif windSW10metric.gif windSW10metric.gif windSW10metric.gif windSW10metric.gif
Wind State (?) off off glass cross-
on		 cross-
on		 glass glass cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 glass glass glass glass off off off off
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Advanced Surf Forecast
Swell1 (m) & direction 0.8
ENE 		0.8
ENE 		0.8
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.8
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		0.9
ENE 		1.0
ENE 		1.0
ENE 		1.1
ENE
Period (s) 7 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8
Swell2 (m) & direction -
- 		0.1
N 		0.1
N 		0.1
N 		-
- 		0.2
N 		0.2
N 		0.1
N 		0.1
NE 		0.1
NE 		0.1
NE 		0.1
NE 		0.1
N 		-
- 		-
- 		0.6
E 		0.5
E 		0.5
E
Period (s) - 8 8 8 - 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 - - 9 8 9
Wind waves (m) & direction 1.0
E 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		0.2
N 		0.2
NNE 		0.9
ENE 		-
- 		-
- 		0.9
ENE 		1.0
E 		1.1
ENE 		-
- 		1.1
ENE 		1.1
ENE 		-
- 		1.5
ENE
Period (s) 7 - - - - 6 5 7 - - 7 7 7 - 7 7 - 8
Wave
Graph
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Tide State (?) low flow high ebb ebb low flow high ebb ebb flow high ebb low flow high ebb ebb
High Tide
/ height (m)

8:35AM
0.36



9:50PM
0.03


9:16AM
0.34


10:58PM
0.03

Low Tide
/ height (m) 		12:52AM
-0.01



4:40PM
-0.06

1:17AM
0.00



5:35PM
-0.05

1:35AM
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Note: the tide data above is for Limon, Costa Rica which is 5 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Portete. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.
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Today's sea temperature is 28.9 °C (Statistics for 09 Feb 1981-2005 - mean: 28.3 max: 29.4 min: 27.9 °C)
  nightclear nightclear dayclear dayclear dayclear dayclear nightclear nightclear nightclear nightclear dayclear dayclear dayclear dayclear nightclear nightclear nightclear nightclear
Summary clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear
Rain (mm) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Temp. °C 26 26 28 29 28 27 26 25 26 26 28 29 28 26 25 25 25 25
Chill °C (?) 26 26 28 29 28 27 26 25 26 26 28 29 28 26 25 25 25 25
Sunrise - 5:52 - - - - - - - 5:52 - - - - - - - 5:52
Sunset - - - - 17:38 - - - - - - - 17:38 - - - - -
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Portete blow from the SSW
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Nearest Offshore or Glassy Portete_1 Portete_1 Cocles Playanegra_1 Islauvita Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1
Distance 0 km 0 km 54 km 36 km 7 km 0 km 0 km 0 km 0 km 0 km 0 km 0 km 0 km 0 km 0 km 0 km 0 km 0 km
 
Best in Region Portete_1 Portete_1 Cocles Playanegra_1 Islauvita Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1 Portete_1 Cocles Portete_1
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Best in Country Dominical Dominical Dominical Esterillosoeste Quepos Quepos Quepos Dominical Dominical Dominical Dominical Quepos Portete_1 Dominical Portete_1 Portete_1 Cocles Portete_1
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