Playa Colorado surf break

Playa Colorado surfForecast / Tola Province / Nicaragua

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 CST
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Playa Colorado surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa Colorado sea temperature is
29.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Playa Colorado today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Colorado at 3AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (21 Aug)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (21 Aug)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

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Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141413181818161616161616151515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)254252240281297390366349329368408404383357317349376360346297318336305309
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
E
25
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:48AM
2.03
1:06PM
2.27
1:45AM
2.16
2:00PM
2.33
2:33AM
2.28
2:47PM
2.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:34PM
0.42
6:50AM
0.53
7:31PM
0.34
7:48AM
0.45
8:19PM
0.26
8:38AM
0.37
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
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Sunset-------6:00-------6:00------5:59-
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Rain (mm)
1-------1----------1----
Temp. °C282726262830302827272626292928262626262528303026
Feels °C (?)293028272830303029302928292927252627282728302926
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tola Province

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Playa Colorado (light winds from the ESE at Juan Santamaria Airport 254 km from Playa Colorado). 0.6m 10s swell from the SSW with a 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SW and a 0.2m 6s windswell from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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