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El Coco surfForecast / Rivas Province / Nicaragua

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 17 Mar 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
27.0° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Coco today?

The current surf forecast for El Coco at 5PM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 17). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Afternoon (17 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Evening (17 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
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)
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)161515151515141414141414141414141514131714161414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)620544523566429377367362357357352288246236236239302253140181229306236183
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
5
NNE
5
ENE
15
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
15
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
15
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:47PM
2.20
2:03AM
2.24
2:26PM
2.39
2:45AM
2.34
3:05PM
2.55
3:26AM
2.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:33AM
0.49
7:55PM
0.48
8:12AM
0.36
8:38PM
0.32
8:50AM
0.25
9:19PM
0.17
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise5:48------5:48-------5:48-------5:47
Sunset--5:52-------5:53-------5:53-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------11--
Temp. °C273033312726252427303331282625242730333127252524
Feels °C (?)273031323027252325273129282524222427313128242321
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