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El Coco surfForecast / Rivas Province / Nicaragua

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 12 Jan 2026 CST
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El Coco surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Coco sea temperature is
27.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Coco today?

The current surf forecast for El Coco at 8PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)--
Afternoon (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
3 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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
S
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)1111121211101010910111010998888810101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30305375645756554937454138332914141312121691212
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
35
NE
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:52PM
2.06
10:28AM
1.74
10:49PM
2.02
11:31AM
1.72
11:47PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:28PM
0.75
4:28AM
0.72
4:26PM
0.81
5:29AM
0.71
5:26PM
0.81
6:26AM
0.65
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise------6:05-------6:05-------6:05-
Sunset5:37-------5:37-------5:37-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C282726252424252728262525242425272928262524242527
Feels °C (?)252524232122222425242223212221232626242322222224
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