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Cabo Matapalo surfForecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica
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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
30.1° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Cabo Matapalo today?
The current surf forecast for Cabo Matapalo at 5PM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am May 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 May) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 18s |
| Afternoon (19 May) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 18s |
| Evening (19 May) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Cabo Matapalo. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Wed afternoon, min 25°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 19 | Wednesday 20 | Thursday 21 | Fri 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | |
273 | 243 | 273 | 204 | 268 | 261 | 326 | 326 | 127 | 173 | 175 | 318 | 203 | 188 | 223 | 146 | 148 | 232 | 239 | 236 | 229 | 223 | 176 | 176 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | glassy | glassy | off | off | glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | off | glassy | glassy | cross-off | |
High Tide | 4:32PM3.20m | 5:10AM3.01m | 5:25PM3.07m | 6:05AM2.93m | 6:20PM2.90m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:21AM0.21m | 10:53PM-0.04m | 11:14AM0.30m | 11:45PM0.08m | 12:11PM0.42m | 00:40AM0.24m | ||||||||||||||||||
5:13 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:13 | — | |
— | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | |
— | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 8 | 7 | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
33 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 34 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | S 8 |
129 | 243 | 273 | 204 | 268 | 261 | 326 | 326 | 127 | 116 | 120 | 318 | 203 | 188 | 223 | 146 | 148 | 232 | 239 | 236 | 229 | 223 | 176 | 48 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 18 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SW 11 | SSW 12 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 7 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 6 | SW 11 | SSW 5 | SSW 11 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | SW 15 |
273 | 96 | 96 | 94 | 96 | 99 | 49 | 31 | 52 | 173 | 175 | 15 | 56 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 13 | 30 | 9 | 66 | 33 | 45 | 48 | 176 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 7 | S 7 | SSW 7 | SW 14 | SSW 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | SW 14 | S 7 | SSW 7 | S 12 | SSW 14 | SSW 7 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 11 | SSW 5 | SW 11 | S 7 | SW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | S 10 |
27 | 27 | 18 | 103 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 47 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 66 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 8 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 162 | 162 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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