El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm 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 8PM is: 1.6m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)--
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)


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
4
4
3
3
3
1
0
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515141414141414141313131313131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)117410451045994862850731711681661563563555475468468437361356345398329271271
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
WSW
5
S
0
ESE
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
S
0
E
5
NNE
10
N
5
NNE
10
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
5
NE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassglassoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoffoffoffcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:20PM
2.60
4:45AM
2.39
4:55PM
2.52
5:22AM
2.30
5:31PM
2.41
5:59AM
2.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:38PM
0.21
10:46AM
0.38
11:13PM
0.28
11:21AM
0.47
11:50PM
0.38
11:58AM
0.58
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise-----5:35-------5:35-------5:33--
Sunset5:50-------5:50-------5:50-------
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--3---1-----------------
Temp. °C292929282827293029292928272728303029292828272930
Feels °C (?)303234333230333230323333313031323131323232303232
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