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El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 02 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
28.6° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Carmen today?

The current surf forecast for El Carmen at 9AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 02). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (02 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (02 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
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)
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)121414131313131313131212121212121212121111131118
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)220289289229222222222222222170157111109109109109111109787471952364
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
15
NNE
5
NNW
5
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
NNW
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		ononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:43AM
2.63
3:18PM
2.59
3:32AM
2.67
4:03PM
2.68
4:17AM
2.66
4:46PM
2.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:03AM
0.08
9:23PM
0.24
9:48AM
0.04
10:11PM
0.20
10:30AM
0.05
10:55PM
0.21
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
Sunrise--6:01-------6:01-------6:01-----
Sunset----5:45-------5:45-------5:45---
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. °C232224282925242323232529292724232223262828262625
Feels °C (?)181820242621212019192228302823232224272927262826
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