Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Coco today (12 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for El Coco at 5AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 11). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (12 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 16s |
| Evening (12 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at El Coco. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 33°C on Wed afternoon, min 26°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 12 | Thursday 13 | ||||||||||||||||
9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 20 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 221 | 173 | 145 | 214 | 211 | 208 | 208 | 206 | 157 | 183 | 178 | 178 | 176 | 137 | 255 | 171 | 186 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 1:49AM2.31m | 2:08PM2.52m | 2:43AM2.47m | 3:00PM2.57m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:36PM0.21m | 7:55AM0.30m | 8:28PM0.10m | 8:50AM0.20m | |||||||||||||
 | |  |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:02 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 28 |
Feels °C | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 27 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 |
| kJ | 221 | 173 | 140 | 214 | 211 | 208 | 208 | 206 | 157 | 183 | 178 | 178 | 176 | 137 | 255 | 171 | 149 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 |
| kJ | 194 | 152 | 145 | 138 | 106 | 104 | 132 | 98 | 98 | 35 | 34 | 48 | 46 | 29 | 42 | 29 | 29 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 21 | SW 20 | SW 20 |
| kJ | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 42 | 26 | 25 | 40 | 40 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 72 | 140 | 186 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | ENE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | ENE 4 |
| kJ | 24 | 29 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 8 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 43 | 43 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 43 | 81 | 43 | 42 | 42 | 34 | 34 | 43 | 34 | 43 | 43 | 43 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Rivas Province | |||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Nicaragua | |||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Latest Updates
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our El Coco surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest