Raps surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 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
28.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Raps today?

The current surf forecast for Raps at 4AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 20s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)19s
Afternoon (02 Apr)4ft (1.2m)18s
Evening (02 Apr)5ft (1.6m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
1
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131919181818171717161616161616151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42135033526339163090915311633156017491758161615571557155715371358111810741074105910591045
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
W
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:49AM
2.30
3:05PM
2.49
3:28AM
2.32
3:41PM
2.50
4:05AM
2.30
4:17PM
2.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:43PM
0.26
8:53AM
0.30
9:22PM
0.20
9:30AM
0.29
9:59PM
0.18
10:06AM
0.31
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise---5:39-------5:39-------5:37----
Sunset------5:52-------5:52-------5:52-
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-111---3----------------
Temp. °C282626252930302828272625293129282827262529322928
Feels °C (?)312928273131323131302927303330303130282730343031
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