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El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 22 Jan 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
28.9° C
 (Which is 1.4°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 2AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 22). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (23 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (23 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
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)
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141413131313131313131313121515151414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)248362297241149144178138138138138265172134130122123167167165115141139154
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
E
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
SE
15
S
10
S
0
W
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
S
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffoffcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassoffoffoffcross-
on		oncross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		offglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:23PM
2.52
5:33AM
2.41
6:01PM
2.54
6:14AM
2.34
6:41PM
2.54
6:59AM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:30PM
0.42
11:42AM
0.28
12:12AM
0.42
12:21PM
0.33
12:57AM
0.44
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise------6:01-------6:01-------6:01-
Sunset5:40-------5:42-------5:42-------
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---11-------------------
Temp. °C282727262525272828272726252426282827272625252628
Feels °C (?)293031292727282929303230282628302929313028282930
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