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Raps surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 09 Mar 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
28.8° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Raps today?

The current surf forecast for Raps at 9PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 22s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)--
Afternoon (09 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (09 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)121413132020202018181818171616161616161515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)195308295361267392392388475666659651679726709651691892749616592636619508
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
SSE
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
15
NE
10
E
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
10
W
15
WSW
10
SW
5
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on		offoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:40PM
2.22
7:04AM
1.94
7:21PM
2.08
7:50AM
1.80
8:10PM
1.96
8:47AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:25PM
0.50
1:00AM
0.51
1:04PM
0.63
1:45AM
0.63
1:49PM
0.75
2:40AM
0.74
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise-----5:52-------5:52-------5:52--
Sunset5:53-------5:53-------5:53-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C322927252524293232302726252529312927272625242931
Feels °C (?)343026242524273234302726252528322929302726252932
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