Backwash Surf Forecast

/ Golfo Dulce (13 surf breaks) /

Costa Rica (96 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (8.41° N 83.28° W)

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Backwash surfForecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 14 Oct 2025 CST

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Backwash surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Backwash sea temperature is 28.6° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Backwash today?

The current surf forecast for Backwash at 2PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	13s
Afternoon (14 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	13s
Evening (14 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	13s

Table - waves today at Backwash. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tuesday 14					Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	20	20	19	12	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	142	140	140	175	178	175	138	111	101	98	98	98	98	98	98	188	216	276	475	734	734	717	512	512
Wind (km/h)	WNW	SW	WSW	W	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	WNW	SW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	W	SW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:04AM 2.55				8:56PM 2.44					9:21AM 2.41				10:14PM 2.42				10:41AM 2.37				11:25PM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)			2:31PM 0.62					3:09AM 0.87				3:47PM 0.73				4:30AM 0.88				5:00PM 0.74				5:41AM 0.80

	Tuesday 14					Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
Sunrise	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20
Sunset	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	2	3	2	-	-	1	3	4	2	6	6	5	-	-	-	2	2	2	3	3	4	7
Temp. °C	26	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	27	27	27	26	25	24	24	24	25	25	26	26	25	24	24	24
Feels °C (?)	30	30	29	29	30	28	28	29	31	30	29	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	30	29	28	26	26	26

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Golfo Dulce

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Backwash (calm at Puerto Armuelles wx 48 km from Backwash). 0.6m 13s groundswell from the SW with a 0.5m 8s swell from the W and a 0.3m 9s swell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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48 km away, 2 h 20 min ago

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28.6

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