Little Shoal 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 9.65° N 82.73° W

Issued: 6 pm 07 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Little Shoal sea temperature is

29.3° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Little Shoal today (08 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 9s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 10s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Shoal at 2AM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Jul)	6ft (1.9m)	10s
Afternoon (08 Jul)	6ft (1.9m)	9s
Evening (08 Jul)	6.5ft (2.0m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Tue afternoon, min 26°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 7			Wednesday 8								Thursday 9								Fri 10
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 9	NE 9	NE 9	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	NE 10	NE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	486	440	497	508	622	635	657	604	574	639	772	908	1022	1003	908	890	918	918	890	908	1003	926	890	873
Wind (km/h)	N	NW	WNW	W	W	WNW	NW	N	N	NNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	NNW	N	N	NNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		6:39PM0.42m				6:07AM0.23m					7:10PM0.46m				7:17AM0.18m				7:52PM0.49m				9:02AM0.14m
Low Tide					2:01AM0.17m			11:59AM0.14m					2:58AM0.12m			12:20PM0.13m					3:56AM0.07m			12:48PM0.12m


	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—
	6:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:54
mm	1	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	1	1	—	1	1	4	3	1	1	1	1	1
Temp °C	29	28	27	26	26	26	28	29	29	28	27	27	26	26	29	29	29	27	27	27	26	26	28	28
Feels °C	33	33	31	29	29	29	31	32	32	33	31	31	29	29	32	32	33	31	31	31	29	29	30	30
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 9	NE 9	NE 9	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	NE 10	NE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10
kJ	486	440	497	508	622	635	657	604	574	639	772	908	1022	1003	908	890	918	918	890	908	1003	926	890	873
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Paunch Reef Bocas del Toro	Caca Rio Limon	Black Beach / Cahuita Limon	Little Shoal Limon	Little Shoal Limon	Black Beach / Cahuita Limon	Caca Rio Limon	Caca Rio Limon	Backwash Golfo Dulce	Playa Negra Limon	Black Beach / Cahuita Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Little Shoal Limon	Caca Rio Limon	Backwash Golfo Dulce	Backwash Golfo Dulce	Caca Rio Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Playa Negra Limon	Caca Rio Limon	Caca Rio Limon
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3
Distance (km)	61	32	7	0	0	7	32	32	150	21	7	21	21	0	32	150	150	32	21	21	21	21	32	32
Best forecast wave conditions in Limon		Caca Rio	Caca Rio	Manzanillo	Manzanillo	Caca Rio	Caca Rio	Caca Rio		Caca Rio	Caca Rio	Caca Rio	Caca Rio	Caca Rio	Caca Rio			Caca Rio	Caca Rio	Caca Rio	Caca Rio	Caca Rio	Caca Rio	Caca Rio
Rating (10 max)		2	2	3	3	3	3	3		3	3	3	4	4	3			3	3	3	4	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	9	8	7	6	8	9	9	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	9	8

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