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El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 01 May 2025 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
30.3° 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: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am May 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 May)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (01 May)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (01 May)3ft (0.9m)16s

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

Hourly12 Days
Golfo de Nicoya Surf
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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
2
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
1
1
2
1
1
3
4
4
3
2
2
2
4
3
3
4
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)201913181318161313161414151515181818181616161616161616151518181815151616162014161616191919181818181817171616161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)634627627940303510454437437432465571648657657449449370366395314432371447367362425559455367390395443551688697554268200358430302507678678572497404541130914381235103080878810967687681068664
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
ESE
15
SSE
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
ENE
0
SE
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
S
10
SE
10
SE
5
E
5
ESE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
W
5
NNE
0
E
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
E
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
W
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
E
10
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglassglassonononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononglassglassglassononcross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossoncross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:13AM
2.59
5:28PM
2.73
6:04AM
2.47
6:20PM
2.54
7:00AM
2.34
7:16PM
2.34
8:00AM
2.22
8:18PM
2.16
9:06AM
2.14
9:26PM
2.04
10:12AM
2.12
10:36PM
1.99
11:13AM
2.15
11:39PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:16AM
0.19
11:50PM
0.06
12:09PM
0.34
12:43AM
0.22
1:06PM
0.51
1:40AM
0.40
2:10PM
0.66
2:42AM
0.55
3:20PM
0.76
3:47AM
0.65
4:31PM
0.78
4:50AM
0.70
5:34PM
0.73
5:45AM
0.70
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Sunrise-5:22-------5:22-------5:22-------5:22-------5:22-------5:22-------5:20-------5:20--
Sunset----5:51-------5:51-------5:51-------5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------
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Rain (mm)
-351--23212--1531131--1411---154-121-11-------12--12--------
Temp. °C272727262727272727272829292827272727272828282726272628282928272727272728282827272727282929282827272728292928282727272829
Feels °C (?)313029293030303131313232313131303131313130313130323033313232313130313031313231313131323232313230303030313131323131313231
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