El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 01 Mar 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
28.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Carmen today?

The current surf forecast for El Carmen at 3PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 21s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (01 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)21s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
3
2
3
3
3
2
0
2
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313212120191918181817171616161616161515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)149147145150168298329411377360443433409385499493575568546532439512411400
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
15
SSW
15
SSW
5
SW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
SSE
15
S
10
S
5
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
offononcross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:24PM
2.30
1:41AM
2.43
2:14PM
2.47
2:31AM
2.52
2:59PM
2.60
3:16AM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:06AM
0.39
7:30PM
0.47
7:58AM
0.28
8:23PM
0.34
8:44AM
0.19
9:09PM
0.24
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise5:54------5:54-------5:52-------5:52
Sunset--5:51-------5:51-------5:51-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282929282827262528292928272625242729292827262525
Feels °C (?)313030313230282629293030302726252730303030272627
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