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Little Shoal surfForecast / Limon / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 EST
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Little Shoal surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Little Shoal sea temperature is
28.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Little Shoal today?

The current surf forecast for Little Shoal at 6AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (18 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (18 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

Table - waves today at Little Shoal. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
NE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
Period(s) (?)88889910101010101010109999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)165140136143221327349349356356411363325342272314261203203199154154151147
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
5
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
20
N
15
N
10
NW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
15
NW
20
N
15
NNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:47PM
0.34
1:22AM
0.35
2:01PM
0.31
1:57AM
0.39
3:08PM
0.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:46AM
0.21
6:30PM
0.20
7:34AM
0.18
7:08PM
0.21
9:03AM
0.13
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise---6:35-------6:35-------6:35----
Sunset------6:40-------6:40-------6:40-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------311-1-134
Temp. °C252424232628272625242423272827252524242327272624
Feels °C (?)292828262930282828272725292829272827262428272726
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