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Pavones surf break

Pavones surfForecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 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
29.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Pavones today?

The current surf forecast for Pavones at 11AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
S
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)131312121212131313131217121712161612151515151413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55545251505053855555505348587386854773109109109146130
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NNW
5
W
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
0
N
10
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
SE
10
SSW
15
SW
5
WSW
5
NNW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrossoncross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:36AM
2.55
2:17PM
2.42
2:19AM
2.66
2:57PM
2.56
2:59AM
2.75
3:34PM
2.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:02AM
0.55
8:11PM
0.78
8:42AM
0.44
8:53PM
0.68
9:19AM
0.35
9:32PM
0.60
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise-5:50-------5:50-------5:52------
Sunset----5:32-------5:32-------5:34---
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
----131-----231------11-
Temp. °C242427292826252424232729272625242323262928262524
Feels °C (?)282830323030292828263232303030282626303230303028
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