El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 07 Apr 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
30.0° 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 5PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (07 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (07 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
3
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.4
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)121212181313131313131313121918181818181817171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)271271267111282367303372372307303285256358325307375455449449505482443515
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
W
5
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
15
S
15
SSW
5
SSW
5
SE
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNE
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
5
SE
5
NNE
10
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:08PM
2.28
6:39AM
2.05
6:49PM
2.15
7:25AM
1.93
7:36PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:58AM
0.58
12:29AM
0.50
12:37PM
0.71
1:13AM
0.63
1:22PM
0.83
2:04AM
0.74
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise5:33------5:33-------5:33-------5:33
Sunset--5:50-------5:50-------5:50-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C293030292928282729303029292828272930302929282827
Feels °C (?)323232323333333133323232333231293231313233313130
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