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Playa Gigante surfForecast / Tola Province / Nicaragua

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 25 Dec 2025 CST
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Playa Gigante surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa Gigante sea temperature is
27.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Playa Gigante today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Gigante at 4PM is: 0.3m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am December 25). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (25 Dec)1ft (0.3m)18s
Evening (25 Dec)1ft (0.3m)18s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 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
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131818181818181817161612161616161616161515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)444949494949493047424141664141414040403634333354
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:25PM
2.20
6:31AM
2.13
7:07PM
2.23
7:18AM
2.05
7:54PM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:05PM
0.37
12:29AM
0.59
12:44PM
0.42
1:17AM
0.60
1:27PM
0.46
2:11AM
0.60
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Sunrise6:00-------6:00-------6:01-------
Sunset--5:27-------5:28-------5:28-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262929272625242426282927252524242527282625252424
Feels °C (?)232625252523222222242625232322222224252423232222
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