Drakes Bay surfForecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 31 Dec 2025 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
29.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Drakes Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Drakes Bay at 4AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm December 31). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (01 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (01 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121211111111111111111111111010101013181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14113910372696362119119881198888616159357574345380123103
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
0
ENE
5
ENE
0
ENE
0
ESE
5
SSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
0
NNE
5
NE
0
ENE
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
SW
10
WSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:43PM
2.52
12:59AM
2.91
1:42PM
2.68
1:57AM
3.01
2:37PM
2.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:29AM
0.34
6:42PM
0.53
7:27AM
0.19
7:43PM
0.41
8:22AM
0.06
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunrise---5:48-------5:48-------5:48----
Sunset------5:27-------5:27-------5:28-
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
3-1--1-2111-12111111-1--
Temp. °C262625252728282626252525272727262625252427272826
Feels °C (?)313129303232313030292929313130293029292831303130
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