Raps surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 24 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
28.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Raps today?

The current surf forecast for Raps at 12AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)--
Afternoon (25 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Evening (25 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.6
S
0.4
SW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)181317111216161612161615151515151515151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15412810612314620820820815016111910710610410410410410610410299100102100
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
S
15
SE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NNE
15
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SE
5
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
0
WNW
15
WSW
15
SSW
10
SE
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
20
ENE
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:43PM
2.47
7:16AM
2.15
7:39PM
2.32
8:19AM
2.04
8:45PM
2.17
9:32AM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:25PM
0.29
1:06AM
0.27
1:20PM
0.42
2:06AM
0.40
2:25PM
0.56
3:15AM
0.50
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise-----5:43-------5:43-------5:43--
Sunset5:53-------5:52-------5:52-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C312827272625293130282727262429323028282625253032
Feels °C (?)322928292826303131292830282427343029302726262934
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