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Dominical Surf Forecast
/ Golfo de Nicoya (40 surf breaks) /
Dominical surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 16 Aug 2025 CST
How big are the waves at Dominical today?
The current surf forecast for Dominical at 5AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (17 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 12s |
| Evening (17 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 17s |
Table - waves today at Dominical. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Sunday 17 | Monday 18 | Tuesday 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |  |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 249 | 244 | 217 | 214 | 190 | 187 | 234 | 256 | 274 | 281 | 179 | 221 | 184 | 250 | 184 | 221 | 400 | 338 | 332 | 266 | 263 | 290 | 309 | 303 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | on | glass | off | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | on | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | on | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:34AM 2.59 | 9:15PM 2.22 | 9:43AM 2.47 | 10:31PM 2.18 | 10:57AM 2.43 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:12AM 0.57 | 3:05PM 0.53 | 3:19AM 0.69 | 4:17PM 0.59 | 4:36AM 0.74 | 5:31PM 0.56 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 17 | Monday 18 | Tuesday 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 5:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:26 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - |
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Rain (mm) | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Temp. °C | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 |
| Feels °C (?) | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Golfo de Nicoya
Continuing clean conditions at Dominical (calm at San Jose 82 km from Dominical). 0.7m 9s swell from the SW with a 0.5m 9s swell from the SSW and a 0.3m 16s long period groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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