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Raps surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica
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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
30.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Raps today?
The current surf forecast for Raps at 6AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm May 01). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (02 May) | 3ft (0.9m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (02 May) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 11s |
| Evening (02 May) | 3ft (0.9m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Raps. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 32°C on Sun morning, min 27°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 2 | Sunday 3 | Monday 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SSW 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SW 15 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SW 18 | SW 14 | S 10 | SW 16 | S 15 | SW 13 | SW 16 | |
108 | 157 | 157 | 155 | 198 | 198 | 244 | 242 | 194 | 144 | 144 | 181 | 181 | 174 | 177 | 138 | 133 | 152 | 116 | 90 | 125 | 110 | 113 | 127 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | off | cross-off | on | cross-on | cross | |
High Tide | 3:02AM2.18m | 3:10PM2.40m | 3:40AM2.18m | 3:47PM2.38m | 4:17AM2.16m | 4:24PM2.33m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:55PM0.26m | 9:00AM0.42m | 9:32PM0.23m | 9:37AM0.42m | 10:08PM0.24m | 10:14AM0.45m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | 5:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:54 | — | |
5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | |
Temp °C | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 28 |
32 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 32 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SSW 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 |
108 | 157 | 157 | 155 | 198 | 198 | 244 | 242 | 194 | 144 | 144 | 181 | 181 | 143 | 177 | 138 | 133 | 90 | 80 | 90 | 65 | 65 | 64 | 62 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | WNW 13 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 5 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 16 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
53 | 40 | 19 | 17 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 40 | 14 | 79 | 107 | 136 | 174 | 104 | 103 | 100 | 95 | 116 | 88 | 125 | 88 | 113 | 113 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 14 | SW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 17 | SW 12 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | SW 16 | SW 6 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | S 16 | SW 13 | S 15 | S 15 | SW 16 |
40 | 26 | 16 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 63 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 50 | 49 | 109 | 152 | 111 | 80 | 85 | 110 | 68 | 127 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 5 | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 |
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