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Cabo Matapalo surfForecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 02 Jan 2026 CST
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Cabo Matapalo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cabo Matapalo sea temperature is
29.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cabo Matapalo today?

The current surf forecast for Cabo Matapalo at 12PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (02 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (02 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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

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Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Mon
05
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111111101010101213181817161616161515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)88126616359593435353452123123120112149229295288209196191242305
Wind
(km/h)
0
NE
5
NNE
0
SE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
0
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
0
ENE
10
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		crosscrossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:00AM
2.97
1:43PM
2.75
1:57AM
3.07
2:38PM
2.90
2:51AM
3.14
3:30PM
3.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:28AM
0.19
7:43PM
0.42
8:22AM
0.06
8:40PM
0.32
9:13AM
-0.02
9:33PM
0.26
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Mon
05
Sunrise-5:47-------5:47-------5:48------
Sunset----5:25-------5:27-------5:27---
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rain showers
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
11111141--1--11211---132
Temp. °C252526272726262524242627282625242424262728262625
Feels °C (?)293031303029302928283030312929282828313031293029
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