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El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica
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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 slightly warmer than usual)How big are the waves at El Carmen today?
The current surf forecast for El Carmen at 11PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (28 Apr) | - | - |
| Afternoon (28 Apr) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 16s |
| Evening (28 Apr) | 3ft (0.9m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at El Carmen. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Fri morning. Warm (max 29°C on Tue afternoon, min 27°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Fri 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | WNW 17 | WNW 15 | WNW 14 | SSW 13 | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | |
520 | 468 | 371 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 51 | 58 | 21 | 20 | 178 | 21 | 21 | 277 | 269 | 125 | 115 | 85 | 85 | 83 | 86 | 86 | 119 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | glassy | off | off | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | cross-off | glassy | on | on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross | glassy | glassy | on | |
High Tide | 12:36PM2.37m | 1:04AM2.20m | 1:21PM2.44m | 1:50AM2.26m | 2:01PM2.49m | 2:30AM2.30m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:56PM0.49m | 7:06AM0.53m | 7:41PM0.39m | 7:49AM0.49m | 8:21PM0.31m | 8:28AM0.46m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | — | |
5:51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:51 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
Temp °C | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 29 |
31 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 33 | 31 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | SSW 13 | S 13 | S 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 |
520 | 468 | 371 | 508 | 508 | 494 | 474 | 447 | 434 | 355 | 350 | 178 | 345 | 350 | 277 | 269 | 90 | 89 | 94 | 94 | 90 | 98 | 94 | 92 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | WNW 13 | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | WNW 17 | WNW 15 | S 16 | S 10 | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | S 16 | S 15 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 |
73 | 51 | 51 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 51 | 58 | 21 | 20 | 100 | 21 | 21 | 43 | 39 | 125 | 115 | 85 | 85 | 83 | 86 | 86 | 119 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 16 | W 13 | WNW 13 | WNW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | NW 6 | NW 5 | NW 18 | WNW 14 | WNW 15 | S 16 | S 16 | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 |
25 | 13 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 42 | 20 | 20 | 42 | 42 | 45 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | NNW 6 | N 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 95 | 91 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 95 | 154 | 91 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 102 | 143 | 67 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
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