Playa Gigante surfForecast / Tola Province / Nicaragua

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 05 Nov 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
28.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Playa Gigante today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Gigante at 1AM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Nov)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (06 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (06 Nov)2ft (0.6m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Saturday
08
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)181818151616161616161514141414141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)255211155112201306306203159198171167206206169169130162155147113111111109
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:29AM
2.78
3:02PM
2.45
3:18AM
2.82
3:51PM
2.48
4:07AM
2.79
4:41PM
2.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:53AM
-0.07
9:01PM
0.08
9:41AM
-0.12
9:52PM
0.07
10:30AM
-0.10
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Saturday
08
Sunrise---5:37-------5:37-------5:37----
Sunset------5:16-------5:16-------5:16-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262625252628282626262525262728262626252527282927
Feels °C (?)262625252527282827282626262729292930282829293131
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