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Drakes Bay surfForecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 02 Feb 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
29.6° 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: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm February 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (03 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (03 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121212121212121311111112121212121217
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23523523121314714510910910910910910910993714647778181818181117
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
E
10
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
0
NE
5
E
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassglasscrosscross-
on		ononglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:30AM
3.00
4:01PM
3.04
4:14AM
2.99
4:43PM
3.07
4:57AM
2.92
5:22PM
3.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:22PM
0.27
9:44AM
0.03
10:08PM
0.23
10:26AM
0.06
10:52PM
0.24
11:06AM
0.14
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise---5:54-------5:54-------5:54----
Sunset------5:40-------5:40-------5:42-
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1121-----------1211-----
Temp. °C262625242728272626262525272827272625252527282827
Feels °C (?)303029283030292930303029323130313028292931313131
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