Drakes Bay surfForecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 21 Mar 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
30.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Drakes Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Drakes Bay at 6AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 21). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (22 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (22 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
S
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313121212121212151515111814131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)423388440434427350350339329252235232184180180169167167127154143187139137
Wind
(km/h)
0
SW
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
0
SE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
0
ESE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
N
5
ESE
10
S
10
SW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
2.94
5:06PM
3.15
5:34AM
2.85
5:51PM
3.03
6:22AM
2.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:41PM
0.03
10:52AM
0.17
11:24PM
0.07
11:37AM
0.26
12:11AM
0.18
12:25PM
0.41
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise---5:37-------5:37-------5:35----
Sunset------5:45-------5:44-------5:44-
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
111------1211----1111---
Temp. °C262625252830292827262626292829282726262628292928
Feels °C (?)303028293232313130292929333132323130303032313131
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