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Raps surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 11 Feb 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
26.6° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Raps today?

The current surf forecast for Raps at 8AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 11). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Feb)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (11 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Evening (11 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)18s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
2
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
1
0
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NW
0.7
SW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)161415151818181818161616161616161515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)248203167162154319375252152140208310310502496255322309305305305301301297
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
15
NE
5
E
10
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
15
NE
5
E
10
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
20
NE
10
ENE
15
E
20
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:31AM
1.68
9:57PM
1.92
10:42AM
1.64
11:04PM
1.91
11:54AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:30AM
0.75
3:29PM
0.84
4:38AM
0.78
4:38PM
0.88
5:46AM
0.74
5:48PM
0.85
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
Sunrise--6:03-------6:03-------6:03-----
Sunset----5:50-------5:51-------5:51---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242328313129272525252831302927252524283131292625
Feels °C (?)232227313430272424252732333025232423263032302524
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