Raps surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 13 Apr 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
29.7° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Raps today?

The current surf forecast for Raps at 12PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (13 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (13 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
3
0
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)141614141415151516161616161616151515151918181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)189137114108186121112113130137258255318314310331322318314277459459352528
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
25
ENE
10
E
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
10
NNE
10
S
10
ESE
25
ENE
20
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
5
NNW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
ESE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
Sunrise-5:33-------5:33-------5:31------
Sunset----5:52-------5:52-------5:52---
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272630333331292726263032313129272626313229292827
Feels °C (?)252427323431292726262933333228272727303430313029
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