El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 04 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
29.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Carmen today?

The current surf forecast for El Carmen at 10AM is: 1.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Afternoon (04 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Evening (04 Apr)5ft (1.6m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
1
3
4
4
3
3
3
1
0
1
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
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
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515151515151414141414141413131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1223120712071191117410451045994862850731711681661563563555555468444437384356339
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
NE
5
ENE
10
S
15
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
10
S
15
SSW
10
S
5
S
0
ESE
5
NE
10
N
5
NE
10
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
SE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:10AM
2.45
4:20PM
2.60
4:45AM
2.39
4:55PM
2.52
5:22AM
2.30
5:31PM
2.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:11AM
0.33
10:38PM
0.21
10:46AM
0.38
11:13PM
0.28
11:21AM
0.47
11:50PM
0.38
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise-5:35-------5:35-------5:35------
Sunset----5:50-------5:50-------5:50---
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C272729292929292828272829292928282727283030292928
Feels °C (?)313032313032333232303231303232333131313231313332
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