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El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica
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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
30.0° 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 4AM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Apr) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (20 Apr) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 17s |
| Evening (20 Apr) | 3ft (0.9m) | 17s |
Table - waves today at El Carmen. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 649 | 735 | 512 | 478 | 471 | 458 | 399 | 528 | 528 | 522 | 1000 | 1077 | 917 | 906 | 1038 | 894 | 860 | 816 | 784 | 660 | 651 | 642 | 633 | 633 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | on |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:35AM 2.60 | 4:51PM 2.83 | 5:24AM 2.54 | 5:40PM 2.71 | 6:16AM 2.45 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:25PM -0.06 | 10:37AM 0.13 | 11:12PM -0.02 | 11:26AM 0.21 | 12:03AM 0.09 | 12:20PM 0.34 | ||||||||||||||||||
Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 5:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:26 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:51 | - |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
| Feels °C (?) | 33 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 30 | 30 | 31 |
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