Drakes Bay surfForecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 06 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
29.8° 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 6PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (06 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
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
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.9
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)121312121212121212121212121212121212161114141515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)164280130161267267267248248244236236236232232228183186251221140218284272
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
0
W
0
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ESE
15
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
NW
5
NE
5
E
10
SE
10
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:49PM
3.00
5:09AM
2.79
5:24PM
2.90
5:46AM
2.65
5:59PM
2.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37AM
0.24
11:03PM
0.24
11:13AM
0.34
11:39PM
0.33
11:48AM
0.48
12:16AM
0.46
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise5:45------5:45-------5:43-------5:43
Sunset--5:45-------5:45-------5:45-----
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
--11411------12121---121
Temp. °C282929282726262528292827272626262828292727262525
Feels °C (?)323332333231312932313130313130303231323131302929
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