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El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 11 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
27.9° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Carmen today?

The current surf forecast for El Carmen at 6AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm February 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (12 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (12 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
WNW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)181818141616161616161515141414141414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)252209152134208264261427261258229255251251305305301245200180178178175175
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
N
10
N
5
N
5
NNE
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
5
NNW
10
N
15
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		ononcross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
on		cross-
on		onglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:53AM
1.73
11:12PM
1.98
12:05PM
1.78
12:16AM
2.04
1:03PM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:44AM
0.82
4:49PM
0.95
5:52AM
0.78
5:59PM
0.91
6:50AM
0.68
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise----6:00-------6:00-------6:00---
Sunset------5:47-------5:49-------5:49-
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)
------------------------
Temp. °C272625252728282727262525272928272726252527282827
Feels °C (?)312927283029292931282627283030293028272729303030
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