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Raps surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 19 Apr 2026 CSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
29.5° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Raps today?
The current surf forecast for Raps at 9PM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 Apr) | - | - |
| Afternoon (19 Apr) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 14s |
| Evening (19 Apr) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Raps. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 514 | 659 | 615 | 492 | 407 | 401 | 401 | 384 | 311 | 394 | 423 | 423 | 409 | 823 | 803 | 906 | 906 | 773 | 754 | 715 | 687 | 639 | 529 | 521 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | cross- on | cross- off | glass | cross | cross- off | cross- off | on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | off | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:00PM 2.76 | 4:31AM 2.45 | 4:47PM 2.71 | 5:20AM 2.40 | 5:37PM 2.61 | 6:12AM 2.32 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:22PM -0.05 | 10:32AM 0.11 | 11:09PM -0.01 | 11:22AM 0.18 | 12:00AM 0.08 | |||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 5:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:28 | - | - |
| Sunset | 5:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 30 | 31 |
| Feels °C (?) | 29 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 32 |
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