El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 02 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
29.9° 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 11AM is: 1.0m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 02). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)19s
Afternoon (02 Apr)5ft (1.6m)18s
Evening (02 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
3
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
2
1
2
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
SW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)132019191818171717171616161616161515151515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)73044977551825170918111800200119311774173017301730170814981223120712071191117410451045994
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
15
S
15
S
5
SW
0
WSW
0
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
0
NE
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
E
15
S
15
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassoffglassonononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:55AM
2.45
3:10PM
2.63
3:33AM
2.46
3:45PM
2.64
4:10AM
2.45
4:20PM
2.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:58AM
0.31
9:26PM
0.20
9:35AM
0.30
10:02PM
0.18
10:11AM
0.33
10:38PM
0.21
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise-5:37-------5:37-------5:35------
Sunset----5:51-------5:50-------5:50---
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
1231--1----------1----1-
Temp. °C272628292928282727262829292928282727282929292828
Feels °C (?)302930313131323131293231313231323131313130323233
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