El Carmen Surf Break

Lat Long: 9.62° N 85.15° W

El Carmen, Costa Rica Weather Observations

Issued: 5 pm 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Carmen sea temperature is
30.3°C
2.5° 

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
clear-
wind obs. (7 kph from 90 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
A3006 °C0.0
0.0


Liberia/Tomas Guardia Airport

117 km NW415 m above sea level

2 hours ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
10
light winds from the ENE
(11 km/h at 70°)
26 °C10.0
10.0
scattered
broken

Liberia/Tomas Guardia Airport

117 km NW415 m above sea level

3 hours ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
5
light winds from the SSE
(6 km/h at 160°)
26 °C10.0
10.0
scattered
broken
few

Barva

121 km ENE1200 m above sea level

2 hours ago
dry
5
calm
(3 km/h at 57°)
5
18 °C-
-
-
-
0

San Jose

124 km ENE1195 m above sea level

2 hours ago
dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 161°)
5
19 °C-
-
-
-
0

Sabanilla wx

127 km ENE1198 m above sea level

53 minutes ago
dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 64°)
5
17 °C-
-
-
-
0

Cahuita wx

251 km E1 m above sea level

49 minutes ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 81°)
0
27 °C-
-
-
-
0

Linea de Base wx

289 km E12 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 284°)
5
23 °C-
-
-
-
0

Barriada Volcán wx

292 km ESE1363 m above sea level

59 minutes ago
dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 2°)
5
11 °C-
-
-
-
0

Puerto Armuelles wx

292 km ESE1 m above sea level

59 minutes ago
dry
wind obs. (6 kph from 207 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
28 °C-
-
-
-
0

* 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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