Raps Surf Forecast

/ Guanacaste (28 surf breaks) /

Costa Rica (96 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Raps surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 28 Oct 2025 CST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 28.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Raps today?

The current surf forecast for Raps at 11AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am October 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	16s
Afternoon (28 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	16s
Evening (28 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	13s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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	Tuesday 28							Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Fri 31
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	0	0	2	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	S	S	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	S	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	16	16	16	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	14	24	24	24	18	23	21
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	248	218	245	245	196	440	434	421	414	169	167	167	167	128	206	167	164	127	352	546	347	201	411	1149
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SE	SE	SE	SE	S	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW	S	ESE	NE	N	NW	W	WSW	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			6:29AM 2.04				7:09PM 1.85				7:16AM 1.95				8:02PM 1.82				8:13AM 1.89					9:03PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	12:17AM 0.71				12:54PM 0.59				1:03AM 0.80				1:42PM 0.67				2:00AM 0.86				2:38PM 0.71

	Tuesday 28							Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Fri 31
Sunrise	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	2	1	1	-	1	4	4	-	-
Temp. °C	26	25	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	27	28	28	27	26	25
Feels °C (?)	30	29	30	29	30	30	31	29	29	29	31	30	30	30	31	30	30	29	31	32	33	32	31	28

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