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El Coco surfForecast / Rivas Province / Nicaragua

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 20 Apr 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
28.3° 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 8AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
2
2
1
1
2
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)141313131317171717171616161616161515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)290282253195192197197264261252493397519519469457428339330325321321316316
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
ENE
20
E
20
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
20
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
SSE
10
SE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:31AM
2.46
4:47PM
2.74
5:20AM
2.42
5:37PM
2.63
6:12AM
2.33
6:30PM
2.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:32AM
0.11
11:10PM
-0.02
11:22AM
0.18
12:00AM
0.08
12:16PM
0.29
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-5:28-------5:28-------5:28------
Sunset----5:53-------5:53-------5:54---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------------------12
Temp. °C252528313332302726262832343229262626283134302826
Feels °C (?)242426293132302625252731323230252626272933313128
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