Drakes Bay surfForecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 07 Sep 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
29.1° C
(Which is 1.0°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 8PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Sep)--
Afternoon (07 Sep)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (07 Sep)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SW
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
1
S
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.8
SW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)14141313131371313201312121212121812121616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)416338335336506374413377304470368183219609909894821762867664793704697851
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
S
5
E
5
S
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:21PM
2.79
2:46AM
2.97
3:03PM
2.92
3:26AM
3.14
3:46PM
3.00
4:06AM
3.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:31PM
0.25
8:57AM
0.25
9:11PM
0.14
9:39AM
0.11
9:51PM
0.07
10:21AM
0.03
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Sunrise-----5:24-------5:24-------5:24--
Sunset5:38-------5:37-------5:37-------
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cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
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Rain (mm)
2441631342-----112--1-13
Temp. °C262625242424242524242524242427272726252525252727
Feels °C (?)293029282929282928283028282831303029282829293130
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Golfo Dulce

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Drakes Bay (calm at Puerto Armuelles wx 81 km from Drakes Bay). 0.9m 6s windswell from the SSW with a 0.7m 14s groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.2m 20s long period groundswell, also from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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