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El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 18 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
29.7° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 7AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
1
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131212161716161616161615151313131313141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)347246235227152155256224257254254163206157221215290286282282277167123116
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
E
5
E
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
S
5
E
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNE
10
S
15
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		ononglassglassoffoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		onglassglassoffcross-
off		offcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:50AM
2.47
3:09PM
2.68
3:30AM
2.55
3:48PM
2.80
4:11AM
2.59
4:28PM
2.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:43PM
0.31
8:55AM
0.25
9:23PM
0.17
9:34AM
0.16
10:04PM
0.07
10:14AM
0.12
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise---5:45-------5:45-------5:43----
Sunset------5:51-------5:51-------5:51-
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---2-----11-------------
Temp. °C282727272829292828272726282929282827262628302928
Feels °C (?)312930303130303031303028303029303230272728303030
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