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Raps surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica
How big are the waves at Raps today?
The current surf forecast for Raps at 6AM is: 4ft 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2ft 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm May 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (20 May) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 15s |
Afternoon (20 May) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 14s |
Evening (20 May) | 3ft (0.9m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Raps. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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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 | 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 | 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 | |
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Wave Height (ft) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy (?) | 312 | 303 | 378 | 536 | 543 | 443 | 431 | 317 | 312 | 395 | 290 | 229 | 292 | 213 | 208 | 306 | 384 | 723 | 502 | 465 | 711 | 781 | 772 | 844 | 776 | 834 | 823 | 917 | 894 | 883 | 883 | 894 | 976 | 1101 | 1115 | 1115 | 1239 | 1239 | 1271 | 1255 | 1239 | 1239 | 1255 | 1373 | 1193 | 967 | 838 | 838 | 913 | 871 | 1124 | 1837 | 1081 | 887 | 1165 | 1338 | 1321 | 1230 | 1214 | 756 |
Wind (mph) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- off | glass | cross- off | glass | off | glass | cross- on | on | glass | off | off | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | glass | glass | off | glass | glass | glass | cross- off | glass | cross- on | off | off | off | off | glass | glass | on | cross- on | cross | off | cross- off | off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (ft) | 7:58AM 6.63 | 8:10PM 6.56 | 8:55AM 6.86 | 9:14PM 6.46 | 9:55AM 7.22 | 10:21PM 6.56 | 10:54AM 7.64 | 11:26PM 6.76 | 11:52AM 8.1 | 12:28AM 7.09 | 12:48PM 8.53 | 1:25AM 7.45 | 1:42PM 8.83 | 2:19AM 7.71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (ft) | 1:35AM 1.77 | 2:04PM 2.4 | 2:28AM 1.84 | 3:10PM 2.26 | 3:27AM 1.84 | 4:17PM 1.97 | 4:28AM 1.71 | 5:21PM 1.48 | 5:29AM 1.44 | 6:21PM 0.95 | 6:27AM 1.12 | 7:16PM 0.46 | 7:24AM 0.82 | 8:09PM 0.07 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 20 | Wednesday 21 | Thursday 22 | Friday 23 | Saturday 24 | Sunday 25 | Monday 26 | Tuesday 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunrise | - | - | - | 5:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:20 |
Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:59 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rain (in) | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | - | - | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | - | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | - | - |
Temp. °F | 81 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 84 | 86 | 84 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 84 | 86 | 84 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 84 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 79 | 79 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 82 | 84 | 82 | 81 | 79 | 77 | 77 | 77 |
Feels °F (?) | 88 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 93 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 93 | 93 | 88 | 88 | 90 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 91 | 93 | 91 | 88 | 91 | 88 | 90 | 88 | 90 | 91 | 88 | 90 | 88 | 86 | 88 | 86 | 91 | 91 | 90 | 91 | 88 | 90 | 88 | 86 | 91 | 91 | 88 | 84 | 84 | 86 | 86 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 88 | 86 | 86 | 82 | 84 | 84 |
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