El Carmen Surf Break

El Carmen, Costa Rica Weather Observations

Lat Long: 9.62° N 85.15° W

Issued: 5 am 22 Jun 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Carmen sea temperature is
29.6° C

1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year

El Carmen surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Current weather conditions and live observations for El Carmen based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in El Carmen right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near El Carmen

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Juan Santamaria Airport

110 km ENE692 m above sea level

2 hours ago
cloudDry and cloudy
15
light winds from the E.(Wind varies from 020 to 130 degs)
(15 km/h at 80°)
24 °C10.0
10.0
few
overcast

Tobias Bolano Airport

115 km ENE994 m above sea level

2 hours ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
20
moderate winds from the ENE
(22 km/h at 70°)
24 °C10.0
10.0
few
broken

Liberia/Tomas Guardia Airport

117 km NW415 m above sea level

2 hours ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
15
light winds from the E
(13 km/h at 80°)
BKN100 °C10.0
10.0
few
scattered
scattered

Barva

121 km ENE1200 m above sea level

45 minutes ago
dry
wind obs. (8 kph from 111 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
23 °C-
-
-
-
0

San Jose

124 km ENE1195 m above sea level

49 minutes ago
dry
10
light winds from the ENE
(8 km/h at 74°)
15
22 °C-
-
-
-
0

Sabanilla wx

127 km ENE1198 m above sea level

52 minutes ago
dry
5
calm
(5 km/h at 6°)
15
21 °C-
-
-
-
0

Limon International Airport

235 km E358 m above sea level

2 hours ago
light rainDrizzle
wind obs. (7 kph from 230 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
25 °C6.0
6.0
scattered
broken

Cahuita wx

251 km E1 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 146°)
0
26 °C-
-
-
-
0

lightning 84km N of Matina

276 km ENE0 m above sea level

2 hours ago
thunderstorm Thunderstorm

(- km/h at -°)
°C


lightning 194km SW of Masachapa

276 km W0 m above sea level

3 hours ago
thunderstorm Thunderstorm

(- km/h at -°)
°C


* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to El Carmen and within an acceptable time window.

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