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El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 15 Mar 2026 CST
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El Carmen surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Carmen sea temperature is
29.6° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Carmen today?

The current surf forecast for El Carmen at 12AM is: 1.7m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 15). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)--
Afternoon (16 Mar)5ft (1.5m)18s
Evening (16 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)17s

Table - waves today at El Carmen. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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16 DaysHourly
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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
1
3
3
2
3
3
1
0
1
2
3
1
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)181817171717161616161615151616131313141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13931831162716271421129913601179116511501003776621859848384408408439446367347347322
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
0
SE
5
NNE
10
NNE
0
NNW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
NW
5
N
5
NW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
N
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassglassglassoffglassononcross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrosscross-
off		glassonononcross-
on		glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:25PM
1.93
12:37AM
2.08
1:12PM
2.12
1:25AM
2.22
1:53PM
2.32
2:09AM
2.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:27PM
0.83
6:56AM
0.63
7:18PM
0.67
7:38AM
0.49
8:02PM
0.49
8:17AM
0.36
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise-----5:47-------5:46-------5:46--
Sunset5:51-------5:51-------5:51-------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C292828272726282929282827272628292928282727262829
Feels °C (?)292932313129323130293130302932313130323130293130
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