Raps surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 21 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
30.2° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Raps today?

The current surf forecast for Raps at 8AM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Afternoon (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Evening (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)171616161616161515151414141414141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)409823803906906773754715687543529521514514514425395384307372307290312312
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
5
NW
20
SW
15
S
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
E
15
WSW
15
SW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
ENE
0
SW
15
SW
20
SW
10
SW
10
S
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:20AM
2.40
5:37PM
2.61
6:12AM
2.32
6:31PM
2.46
7:09AM
2.22
7:29PM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:22AM
0.18
12:00AM
0.08
12:16PM
0.30
12:54AM
0.21
1:15PM
0.43
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-5:30-------5:28-------5:28------
Sunset----5:53-------5:53-------5:53---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
------------1--13121---1
Temp. °C272630333029292726263031302928282726292928282727
Feels °C (?)292830353131312928283132323129313130333129313031
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