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Playa El Rey Surf Forecast
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Playa El Rey surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 CST
How big are the waves at Playa El Rey today?
The current surf forecast for Playa El Rey at 10AM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (20 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 14s |
| Evening (20 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Playa El Rey. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 20 | Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Sat 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) (?) | 12 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 359 | 332 | 318 | 308 | 263 | 297 | 280 | 301 | 293 | 359 | 291 | 278 | 334 | 273 | 355 | 517 | 468 | 496 | 553 | 513 | 493 | 468 | 515 | 558 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- on | glass | glass | cross- off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | glass | glass | cross- off | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:09PM 2.46 | 12:54AM 2.35 | 1:10PM 2.55 | 1:49AM 2.50 | 2:03PM 2.63 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 5:51AM 0.71 | 6:37PM 0.48 | 6:57AM 0.62 | 7:32PM 0.37 | 7:53AM 0.51 | 8:20PM 0.28 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 20 | Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Sat 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 5:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 5:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 6 |
| Temp. °C | 26 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 24 |
| Feels °C (?) | 30 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 28 | 28 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Golfo de Nicoya
Offshore wind has become very light (light winds from the NE at Sabanilla wx 68 km from Playa El Rey). Surf should be turning clean at Playa El Rey. 0.7m 11s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 15s groundswell from the SW and a 0.3m 6s windswell from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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