Drakes Bay surfForecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 06 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 2PM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
0
1
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.2
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
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313121212121212141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)555468468461384378373440280276271210161161176297257265253249246242238238
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NE
0
SSE
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
0
NNE
5
NE
5
SE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:17AM
2.61
5:26PM
2.70
5:54AM
2.48
6:02PM
2.55
6:34AM
2.33
6:43PM
2.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:17AM
0.54
11:44PM
0.43
11:53AM
0.68
12:22AM
0.58
12:33PM
0.83
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise-5:28-------5:28-------5:28------
Sunset----5:44-------5:43-------5:43---
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-111---12111---221------
Temp. °C262629292928282727262829302828272626292929282727
Feels °C (?)303034333232333232303233333232323030333231313132
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