Playa Amarilla Surf Forecast

/ Tola Province (9 surf breaks) /

Nicaragua (33 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Playa Amarilla surfForecast / Tola Province / Nicaragua

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 22 Aug 2025 CST

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

Today's Playa Amarilla sea temperature is 29.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Playa Amarilla today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Amarilla at 2AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 22). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	15s
Afternoon (23 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	15s
Evening (23 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s

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

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		Saturday 23								Sunday 24								Monday 25
	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	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	2	3	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	21	21	8	8	8	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	381	365	400	300	381	419	296	287	306	324	284	427	373	354	308	403	468	517	673	670	553	633	562	578
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			2:33AM 2.28				2:47PM 2.38					3:16AM 2.38				3:30PM 2.39				3:55AM 2.45				4:09PM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)	8:19PM 0.26				8:38AM 0.37					9:02PM 0.21				9:23AM 0.31				9:42PM 0.19				10:05AM 0.28

		Saturday 23								Sunday 24								Monday 25
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1
Temp. °C	27	27	26	26	28	29	29	28	27	26	26	26	28	29	30	28	27	27	26	26	27	29	29	28
Feels °C (?)	26	27	26	27	27	28	29	29	28	27	28	28	28	29	30	29	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	27

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tola Province

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Playa Amarilla (calm at Managua/Augusto Cesar Sandino International Airport 85 km from Playa Amarilla). 0.9m 8s swell from the SSW with a 0.5m 12s groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.3m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 32 minutes ago Playa Amarilla

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