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El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 11 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
28.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Carmen today?

The current surf forecast for El Carmen at 6PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
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
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
NW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121111111111111212121110101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)696969696868656058303030325796907971674735343231
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
SSE
15
S
5
SE
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
SSW
15
SSW
5
SW
0
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscross-
on		crossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		glassonglassglassglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
2.00
9:02PM
2.20
9:32AM
1.88
9:56PM
2.12
10:36AM
1.82
10:55PM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:39PM
0.70
3:31AM
0.72
3:33PM
0.81
4:31AM
0.75
4:33PM
0.87
5:33AM
0.73
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise6:00-------6:00-------6:00-------
Sunset--5:36-------5:37-------5:37-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272828262625242426282826262524242628282626252424
Feels °C (?)283029292926252527302928292726262730292829272626
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