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Raps surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 12 Jan 2026 CST
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Raps surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Raps sea temperature is
28.5° C
 (Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Raps today?

The current surf forecast for Raps at 5AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
SW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)121212111110101010111010999810108816161213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)568188764169563838464138342019181516121225252126
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
5
ENE
10
SW
10
SSW
5
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
15
NE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
1.72
10:47PM
2.00
11:30AM
1.71
11:46PM
2.01
12:30PM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:26AM
0.72
4:23PM
0.80
5:27AM
0.70
5:24PM
0.81
6:24AM
0.65
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise----6:03-------6:03-------6:03---
Sunset------5:38-------5:38-------5:39-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262423232730302826242322273029262624232327303128
Feels °C (?)252424232528282725242423273230282924242425303126
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