Drakes Bay surfForecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 05 Apr 2026 CST
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Drakes Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Drakes Bay sea temperature is
30.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Drakes Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Drakes Bay at 6PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 21s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)5ft (1.5m)14s
Afternoon (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
1
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131313131313131313121212121213141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)862724693683683586555547468461384378373433280276271210161161171297257253
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
0
NNW
5
NE
0
S
5
SW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
N
5
NNE
5
SSE
5
S
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
0
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50PM
2.83
5:17AM
2.61
5:26PM
2.70
5:54AM
2.48
6:02PM
2.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:42AM
0.44
11:07PM
0.31
11:17AM
0.54
11:44PM
0.43
11:53AM
0.68
12:22AM
0.58
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise5:30------5:28-------5:28-------5:28
Sunset--5:44-------5:44-------5:43-----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
431--21221---13111---231
Temp. °C282929282726262628292928272726262829292827272626
Feels °C (?)323332323131313133333232313231303233323231323130
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