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Playa Carate Surf Forecast
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Playa Carate surfForecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 CST
How big are the waves at Playa Carate today?
The current surf forecast for Playa Carate at 7AM is: 1.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) | 15s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Playa Carate. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Sat 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1147 | 1344 | 1379 | 1225 | 1081 | 936 | 911 | 845 | 732 | 722 | 712 | 702 | 586 | 522 | 514 | 434 | 427 | 427 | 421 | 326 | 321 | 317 | 307 | 292 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | off | cross- off |
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 0.69 | 5:54AM 0.82 | 6:26PM 0.60 | 6:54AM 0.69 | 7:17PM 0.50 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Sat 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 5:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 5:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:30 | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Temp. °C | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 |
| Feels °C (?) | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 28 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Golfo Dulce
Continuing clean conditions at Playa Carate (calm at Puerto Armuelles wx 56 km from Playa Carate). 1.2m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.6m 6s windswell from the SW and a 0.5m 6s windswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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