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Little Shoal surfForecast / Limon / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 24 Jan 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
27.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Little Shoal today?

The current surf forecast for Little Shoal at 2AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (25 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (25 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
Period(s) (?)888888888888888888888899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2302242191591591551821751711621201208893105131136133123101101103190181
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
0
WNW
5
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
0
W
10
NNE
10
NE
0
ENE
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
10
SW
5
WNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
WSW
5
W
10
W
10
W
5
NW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassononglassoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glassononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
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High Tide
/ height (m)
5:02PM
0.29
5:59AM
0.44
5:58PM
0.24
6:34AM
0.47
7:00PM
0.19
7:16AM
0.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:12PM
0.14
1:18PM
0.14
11:33PM
0.14
2:14PM
0.10
11:58PM
0.13
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise-----6:52-------6:52-------6:52--
Sunset6:32-------6:32-------6:32-------
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1---------------11----
Temp. °C282625242323262727252423232226282725242424232628
Feels °C (?)303028272525292829292725252228302928272626242830
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