Pavones surf break

Pavones surfForecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 CST
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Pavones surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pavones sea temperature is
29.3° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Pavones today?

The current surf forecast for Pavones at 2AM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Afternoon (17 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
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Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515151616151515151414141414141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)474474574605628620589474462456449366341336258247239236236181181178176176
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SW
5
SE
5
SSE
5
NNE
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
W
10
WSW
5
W
0
NNW
5
N
5
NW
5
W
0
WNW
0
WSW
10
SW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
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on
glassglassglasscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:54AM
2.45
11:45PM
2.43
12:06PM
2.51
12:46AM
2.58
1:04PM
2.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:38AM
0.89
5:22PM
0.68
5:54AM
0.82
6:26PM
0.60
6:55AM
0.68
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
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Sunset------5:30-------5:30-------5:30-
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Rain (mm)
2----11-141---1------112
Temp. °C242424242527252525242424252727262525252527282826
Feels °C (?)292828272931303029282828303030302929292932333230
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Golfo Dulce

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Pavones (calm at Puerto Armuelles wx 32 km from Pavones). 0.9m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 6s windswell, also from the SSW and a 0.3m 18s long period groundswell, also from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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5 km/h
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0.0
29.3
Air / Water (°C)
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