Drakes Bay surfForecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 20 Apr 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
30.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Drakes Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Drakes Bay at 5AM is: 1.5m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)5ft (1.5m)16s
Afternoon (21 Apr)5ft (1.6m)16s
Evening (21 Apr)5ft (1.5m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)171716161616161615151514141414141414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8137951180112310961082122412451079962924800752742742642633615490475468468396468
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
0
W
0
NNW
5
ENE
5
SE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
N
5
N
0
NW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
E
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
W
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
crossglassglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:21AM
2.89
5:36PM
3.02
6:13AM
2.77
6:29PM
2.83
7:11AM
2.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:07PM
-0.01
11:23AM
0.27
11:57PM
0.12
12:17PM
0.42
12:52AM
0.29
1:18PM
0.59
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise---5:22-------5:22-------5:20----
Sunset------5:43-------5:43-------5:43-
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
1121----163------2653211
Temp. °C272726262829292827262626282929282726252527272827
Feels °C (?)313231303232313131303030323131313029292931303130
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