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El Coco surfForecast / Rivas Province / Nicaragua

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 27 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
27.5° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Coco today?

The current surf forecast for El Coco at 7AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 27). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)131212121110111616161616161615151515151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6398817968626694127127127127125121110146176176176144142169167211
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
35
NE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
40
NE
40
NE
40
ENE
40
NE
40
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:53AM
1.92
10:25PM
2.29
11:08AM
1.93
11:36PM
2.31
12:21PM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:50AM
0.51
3:56PM
0.56
5:02AM
0.49
5:10PM
0.56
6:11AM
0.40
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise----6:07-------6:07-------6:07---
Sunset------5:44-------5:45-------5:45-
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262524242528302926252424252829262524232325272827
Feels °C (?)242322222225262724232020202325222120191921232526
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