El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 07 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
29.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Carmen today?

The current surf forecast for El Carmen at 4AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
3
2
2
3
3
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131312191818181818181717161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)282367303372372307303285256358325307375455449449505482443515515508502496
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
0
SW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
10
S
15
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNE
10
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
0
SSE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNE
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffcross-
on
ononglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffcross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:08PM
2.28
6:39AM
2.05
6:49PM
2.15
7:25AM
1.93
7:36PM
2.03
8:20AM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:29AM
0.50
12:37PM
0.71
1:13AM
0.63
1:22PM
0.83
2:04AM
0.74
2:19PM
0.94
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise---5:33-------5:33-------5:33----
Sunset------5:50-------5:50-------5:50-
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C292828272930302929282827293030302929282730303029
Feels °C (?)333333313232323334323130333232333333313033313232
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