Dominical surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 15 Sep 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
29.2° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Dominical today?

The current surf forecast for Dominical at 9PM is: 1.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)--
Afternoon (15 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Evening (15 Sep)5ft (1.5m)16s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)161616161616161515151515151516161615151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1036107811271229937933924854832675669660679712746756740709620543530527525529
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
ESE
0
WSW
5
NW
0
SSE
0
ESE
5
S
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
0
WSW
0
NNW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
NW
10
NE
10
E
5
ENE
5
NE
0
NE
5
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
onglassglasscrossglassglassglassglassonglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:03PM
2.22
9:31AM
2.35
10:24PM
2.19
10:51AM
2.31
11:40PM
2.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:47PM
0.56
3:11AM
0.75
4:04PM
0.64
4:33AM
0.80
5:19PM
0.63
5:49AM
0.75
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise-----5:24-------5:24-------5:24--
Sunset5:35-------5:35-------5:34-------
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
362----12332211137321---
Temp. °C272625252525272727272625252527272624242425252625
Feels °C (?)323130293030313132323029303032313126272729293029
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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 San Jose 82 km from Dominical). 1.1m 16s long period groundswell from the SW with a 0.7m 13s groundswell, also from the SW and a 0.5m 6s windswell, also from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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