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El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 20 Jan 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
28.7° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 4PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (20 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (20 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
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
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)131312181317171216161616161615141414141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)101137119123461178687149223261362251248275239239211248362245241149144
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
S
10
SSW
5
SW
10
N
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
SSE
15
SSW
5
W
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:12PM
2.38
4:17AM
2.46
4:47PM
2.46
4:54AM
2.45
5:23PM
2.52
5:33AM
2.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:57AM
0.26
10:11PM
0.47
10:32AM
0.24
10:50PM
0.43
11:06AM
0.25
11:30PM
0.42
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise6:01-------6:01-------6:01-------
Sunset--5:40-------5:40-------5:40-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C282929282726252427292827272525242728282727262524
Feels °C (?)303131313027252427312930302726252829293031302725
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