Masa Chapa Surf Forecast

/ Leon Province (15 surf breaks) /

Nicaragua (33 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Masa Chapa surfForecast / Leon Province / Nicaragua

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 CST

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

Today's Masa Chapa sea temperature is 29.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Masa Chapa today?

The current surf forecast for Masa Chapa at 8AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	15s
Afternoon (20 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	15s
Evening (20 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s

Table - waves today at Masa Chapa. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Wednesday 20							Thursday 21								Friday 22								Sat 23
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	19	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	13	13	13	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	403	390	368	351	335	346	360	395	414	396	326	394	421	400	373	413	461	424	459	528	580	630	638	798
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	E	SSE	S	WNW	N	ENE	NNE	E	E	SE	ESE	E	E	E	NE	ENE	ENE	S	ESE	E	ESE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					12:04PM 2.16				12:47AM 1.97				1:06PM 2.21				1:44AM 2.09				2:00PM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)		5:44AM 0.56					6:35PM 0.40				6:51AM 0.50				7:32PM 0.32				7:48AM 0.42				8:20PM 0.24

	Wednesday 20							Thursday 21								Friday 22								Sat 23
Sunrise	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-

Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-
Temp. °C	27	26	29	32	32	29	27	27	26	26	28	31	32	29	27	27	27	26	30	32	32	29	27	27
Feels °C (?)	31	30	32	34	35	32	31	31	30	30	31	33	34	31	30	30	30	29	33	36	35	30	29	29

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Leon Province

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Masa Chapa (light winds from the N at Bluefields Airport 37 km from Masa Chapa). 0.7m 15s groundswell from the SW with a 0.6m 6s windswell from the SSW and a 0.5m 12s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 47 minutes ago Masa Chapa

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37 km away, 1 h 47 min ago

7 km/h

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29.1

Air / Water (°C)

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