Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.91° S 72.69° W

La Gotera 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's La Gotera sea temperature is
16.1°C
2.5° 

La Gotera surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at La Gotera today (28 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for La Gotera at 3AM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (28 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (28 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

Table - waves today at La Gotera. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
6 PM
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
1.2
WSW
12
1.2
WSW
12
1.1
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
14
1.1
SW
13
1.2
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
1.4
WSW
12
1.9
SW
12
1.6
WSW
12
1.7
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
13
1.4
WSW
17
2.2
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
484
520
504
419
419
353
612
394
458
563
546
582
1118
739
1341
928
1138
2506
Wind (km/h)
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
15
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
NE
5
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
NW
5
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
High Tide
00:15AM1.58m
12:46PM1.06m
00:59AM1.58m
1:36PM0.97m
Low Tide
5:46PM0.12m
6:53AM0.03m
6:24PM0.16m
7:46AM0.08m
7:06PM0.22m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
18
16
15
13
12
15
18
19
18
16
16
16
15
16
17
18
17
14
Feels °C
13
13
12
11
10
14
16
17
16
15
16
16
15
14
16
17
17
14
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