Mal Pais surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 26 Jun 2025 CST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Mal Pais surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mal Pais sea temperature is
29.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Mal Pais today?

The current surf forecast for Mal Pais at 8PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm June 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jun)--
Afternoon (26 Jun)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (26 Jun)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

Table - waves today at Mal Pais. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Fri
04
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.4
SSW
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)161616161616151515151414141414141313131313777101010101818181717171716161616161611111111111014131716161616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)5604975656014626275114964624113823793673532642202182021881971901531511221891252003324014816045626296416916857887877928577456546216998448337501143104489910191024106410981015997875804780737
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
S
10
SW
5
W
5
NNE
5
NW
10
NNW
10
W
5
NW
5
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
ESE
5
W
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
ESE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ESE
5
S
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
0
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
S
5
SW
0
SW
5
ENE
5
NE
10
E
10
ESE
10
SE
15
S
10
SSW
15
ESE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
crossglassononcross-
off
glassglassglassglassonononglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
ononglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:17PM
2.70
3:55AM
2.52
4:07PM
2.67
4:44AM
2.54
4:56PM
2.59
5:32AM
2.52
5:43PM
2.48
6:19AM
2.48
6:30PM
2.34
7:05AM
2.41
7:18PM
2.20
7:51AM
2.33
8:08PM
2.06
8:38AM
2.24
9:01PM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:40PM
0.03
9:57AM
0.27
10:28PM
0.05
10:48AM
0.31
11:15PM
0.11
11:38AM
0.38
12:00AM
0.22
12:28PM
0.47
12:45AM
0.35
1:18PM
0.57
1:29AM
0.49
2:09PM
0.65
2:16AM
0.63
3:02PM
0.71
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Fri
04
Sunrise-----5:22-------5:22-------5:22-------5:22-------5:24-------5:24-------5:24------
Sunset-6:04-------6:04-------6:04-------6:04-------6:04-------6:04-------6:04-------6:05--
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Rain (mm)
124----11152---113136----1121---125311--22321--1422321-245366
Temp. °C282726262525272728282625252627282827252425252627272727262626272828272726262627282827272626262727272726262626272727262525
Feels °C (?)302929302929313131323129283031333130292929303031303132313131323232313230303132323231313130303130303131303029303029292726
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