El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 06 Apr 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
29.9° C
(Which is 1.0°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 11AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 20s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (06 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131312121212121313131313131313131219
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)555555468468461384378367334271271271217277282367303372307307303285256358
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
N
5
N
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
0
SW
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
0
ENE
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
10
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
NNW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
glassonononglassglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:22AM
2.30
5:31PM
2.41
5:59AM
2.18
6:08PM
2.28
6:39AM
2.05
6:49PM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:21AM
0.47
11:50PM
0.38
11:58AM
0.58
12:29AM
0.50
12:37PM
0.71
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise-5:35-------5:33-------5:33------
Sunset----5:50-------5:50-------5:50---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C272729303029292827272930302929282827293029292928
Feels °C (?)303032313132333230303332323233323230333230313331
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