Dominical surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 18 Oct 2025 CST
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Dominical surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dominical sea temperature is
28.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Dominical today?

The current surf forecast for Dominical at 1PM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Afternoon (18 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Evening (18 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)16s

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

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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)161616161615151515151414141414141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)496496489546539453365360355355350350346336273261257253212212212171171212
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
SSW
5
SW
0
NW
0
SSW
0
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
NNW
0
N
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
N
5
NE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
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on
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High Tide
/ height (m)
12:42PM
2.34
1:04AM
2.54
1:28PM
2.42
1:43AM
2.63
2:07PM
2.50
2:18AM
2.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:34AM
0.63
6:48PM
0.59
7:20AM
0.51
7:30PM
0.53
7:59AM
0.40
8:08PM
0.49
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise5:22------5:22-------5:22-------5:22
Sunset--5:16-------5:16-------5:15-----
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--12-1----2232----294232
Temp. °C272726262525252527272626252525252727272525252424
Feels °C (?)313130313030292932313031302929293231313029292828
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Golfo de Nicoya

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Dominical (calm at Sabanilla wx 83 km from Dominical). 0.8m 6s windswell from the WSW with a 0.6m 16s long period groundswell from the SW and a 0.5m 10s swell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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