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Raps surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 17 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
28.1° C
 (Which is 1.3°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: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (18 Jan)1ft (0.3m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
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
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121217121616161515151414131113131318
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)737372716936364958518585837210910910796909090928480
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
20
NE
25
NE
35
NE
30
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
35
NE
30
ENE
25
ENE
35
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:15AM
2.21
2:52PM
2.03
2:56AM
2.28
3:31PM
2.14
3:35AM
2.33
4:08PM
2.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:41AM
0.38
8:46PM
0.56
9:18AM
0.31
9:26PM
0.50
9:54AM
0.26
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise----6:05-------6:05-------6:05---
Sunset------5:40-------5:42-------5:42-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272625242831312927262525283131292726252528313129
Feels °C (?)282827262730302725242423252830292625242425282925
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