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El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
27.7° 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 1PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am November 20). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131316161313151515151514141313131314141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)918887859593939184174171171171171162147144142144144149162160103
Wind
(km/h)
0
ESE
5
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
0
NNE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
0
SW
0
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononglassglassglassglassoffglassononcross-
on		glassglassglassoffoffcross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:58PM
2.24
3:02AM
2.45
3:34PM
2.26
3:39AM
2.44
4:12PM
2.24
4:15AM
2.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:48AM
0.30
8:54PM
0.51
9:24AM
0.27
9:30PM
0.51
10:00AM
0.28
10:07PM
0.53
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise5:35------5:35-------5:37-------5:37
Sunset--5:15-------5:15-------5:15-----
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--11-211--111-----------
Temp. °C262727272625252526272726262525252627272626262525
Feels °C (?)303130313029292930303030312929292930302930302828
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