- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
El Carmen Surf Forecast
/ Golfo de Nicoya (40 surf breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 CST
How big are the waves at El Carmen today?
The current surf forecast for El Carmen at 3AM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 14s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at El Carmen. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |  |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 529 | 469 | 638 | 630 | 352 | 395 | 431 | 304 | 261 | 257 | 257 | 362 | 208 | 208 | 205 | 170 | 164 | 256 | 134 | 263 | 263 | 258 | 258 | 210 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | cross- on | on | on | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross | on | on | glass | glass | glass | cross | glass | glass | on | on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:04PM 2.19 | 12:44AM 2.21 | 1:03PM 2.27 | 1:34AM 2.34 | 1:51PM 2.35 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 5:50AM 0.69 | 6:25PM 0.52 | 6:53AM 0.59 | 7:17PM 0.44 | 7:43AM 0.47 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 5:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:30 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - |
 | | |  |  | | |  | | | |  | |  | |  | | | | | | | | | |
Rain (mm) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Temp. °C | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| Feels °C (?) | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 30 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Golfo de Nicoya
Continuing clean conditions at El Carmen (calm at Juan Santamaria Airport 110 km from El Carmen). 0.7m 14s groundswell from the SW with a 0.6m 7s swell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our El Carmen surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest