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Drakes Bay surfForecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica
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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
30.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Drakes Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Drakes Bay at 12AM is: 0.7m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (26 Apr) | - | - |
| Afternoon (26 Apr) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 12s |
| Evening (26 Apr) | 2ft (0.6m) | 17s |
Table - waves today at Drakes Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 29°C on Tue morning, min 24°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sat 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | Tue 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | |
186 | 183 | 221 | 315 | 318 | 311 | 385 | 452 | 446 | 446 | 441 | 429 | 666 | 639 | 631 | 622 | 366 | 521 | 514 | 580 | 326 | 322 | 269 | 269 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross | cross-off | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | glassy | cross | glassy | off | cross-off | glassy | on | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | |
High Tide | 9:54PM2.37m | 10:40AM2.49m | 11:08PM2.36m | 11:43AM2.57m | 00:11AM2.42m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:45PM0.80m | 4:14AM0.67m | 5:00PM0.76m | 5:20AM0.68m | 6:03PM0.66m | 6:17AM0.65m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:18 | — | — | — | |
5:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | |
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | |
Temp °C | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 29 |
31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 31 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 |
186 | 183 | 183 | 183 | 189 | 311 | 385 | 452 | 446 | 446 | 441 | 429 | 666 | 639 | 631 | 622 | 366 | 521 | 514 | 580 | 326 | 322 | 257 | 257 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 19 | SSW 15 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 18 | SSW 13 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | S 8 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | WNW 14 | S 10 | S 18 | S 17 | W 13 | S 9 | S 9 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
122 | 130 | 221 | 315 | 318 | 173 | 97 | 123 | 95 | 123 | 123 | 33 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 92 | 158 | 217 | 3 | 57 | 61 | 269 | 269 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SSW 19 | W 14 | W 14 | W 14 | S 8 | S 8 | W 14 | S 8 | W 13 | W 13 | S 11 | W 19 | SW 16 | — | — | SSW 18 | W 14 | W 14 | W 18 | S 16 | S 16 | S 9 | S 9 |
55 | 74 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 32 | 14 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 63 | 7 | 10 | — | — | 103 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 198 | 137 | 60 | 55 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 197 |
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