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Pavones surf break

Pavones surfForecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 16 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
29.0° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pavones today?

The current surf forecast for Pavones at 7AM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)1ft (0.3m)14s
Afternoon (16 Jan)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
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
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141413131313131212121213131313121712121216
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)414141393690898755545251505053855555505348484886
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
NE
0
ESE
5
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
0
NW
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
N
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglasscrosscross-
on		glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:48AM
2.45
1:33PM
2.29
1:36AM
2.55
2:17PM
2.42
2:19AM
2.66
2:57PM
2.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:18AM
0.67
7:26PM
0.88
8:02AM
0.55
8:11PM
0.78
8:42AM
0.44
8:53PM
0.68
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise-5:50-------5:50-------5:50------
Sunset----5:31-------5:32-------5:32---
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------------23--
Temp. °C232326282826252424232729282625252424272928262524
Feels °C (?)262630313030292828273132302929292828313232312928
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