Drakes Bay surfForecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 05 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 12PM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (05 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (05 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
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
Period(s) (?)131313131313131312121213121212121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)402331331331326326265231169217164280130161267267267263248244236236236232
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NNE
5
ESE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
0
N
10
SW
10
SW
5
W
0
WNW
0
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
SE
10
S
10
SW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassoncross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:54AM
2.92
4:14PM
3.06
4:32AM
2.88
4:49PM
3.00
5:09AM
2.79
5:24PM
2.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:01AM
0.17
10:26PM
0.19
10:37AM
0.24
11:03PM
0.24
11:13AM
0.34
11:39PM
0.33
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise-5:46-------5:45-------5:45------
Sunset----5:45-------5:45-------5:45---
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
1-11----2-------11--11-1
Temp. °C262628292928272626262829292827262625282828282726
Feels °C (?)303032323231313030303332323232313129323131323130
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