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 pm Sunday 07 Sep 2025 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 28.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Raps today?

The current surf forecast for Raps at 8PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 07). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (07 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (07 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s
Evening (07 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s

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

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	Sunday 07			Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	2	3	3	4	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	16	13	13	14	14	14	15	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	286	286	283	434	384	402	269	386	412	406	456	516	543	627	768	1080	1104	1057	753	1231	864	1029	914	900
Wind (km/h)	NNW	E	E	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	E	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	S	SW	S	NE	NW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	2:17PM 2.34				2:43AM 2.46				3:00PM 2.44					3:24AM 2.62				3:44PM 2.50				4:06AM 2.72
Low Tide / height (m)			8:28PM 0.23				8:53AM 0.24					9:08PM 0.13				9:37AM 0.11				9:49PM 0.06				10:21AM 0.04

	Sunday 07			Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-
Sunset	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	5	2	2	1	2	1	3	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	2	3	1	1	-	-	1
Temp. °C	27	27	26	25	25	24	25	25	26	25	25	24	24	25	27	27	27	26	25	25	25	25	27	28
Feels °C (?)	31	31	29	28	28	27	27	27	28	27	28	26	27	28	30	29	29	29	28	29	30	30	31	31

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Guanacaste

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Raps (light winds from the N at Liberia/Tomas Guardia Airport 58 km from Raps). 0.8m 9s swell from the S with a 0.7m 12s groundswell, also from the S and a 0.5m 6s windswell, also from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 38 minutes ago Raps

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