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El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 16 Feb 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
28.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Carmen today?

The current surf forecast for El Carmen at 11AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 16). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (16 Feb)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (16 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)121313131414131313131313131212121212121215151616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)721041381111196963631081081081081047573727292929255576162
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
SSE
15
S
5
SSW
0
SE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
NW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
N
10
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		ononcross-
on		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:57AM
2.27
2:30PM
2.23
2:38AM
2.38
3:07PM
2.39
3:17AM
2.47
3:43PM
2.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:17AM
0.44
8:30PM
0.56
8:54AM
0.33
9:11PM
0.43
9:29AM
0.24
9:50PM
0.32
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
Sunrise-5:58-------5:58-------5:58------
Sunset----5:49-------5:49-------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. °C252527282827272625242729282727262524272828272726
Feels °C (?)282829292930312927262930292930282626292928293029
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