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El Carmen surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 26 Jan 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 1.4°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 3PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (26 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (26 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121214141413131313131312121818121212121216161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9412716529326124919519519218918117212911311114214210610712917317317390
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
SW
15
WSW
10
W
0
S
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
0
SSW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
S
20
SW
10
WSW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on		glassglassoffcross-
off		offcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
on		oncross-
on		glassoffcross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:50AM
2.15
8:19PM
2.44
8:50AM
2.06
9:20PM
2.38
10:01AM
2.01
10:30PM
2.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:54PM
0.49
2:47AM
0.52
2:53PM
0.58
3:54AM
0.54
4:03PM
0.63
5:07AM
0.51
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise6:01-------6:01-------6:01-------
Sunset--5:43-------5:43-------5:44-----
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. °C272828262626252427292827262524242628282626252424
Feels °C (?)303129283030282628302930302826262728272728262525
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