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Raps surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 04 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
26.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Raps today?

The current surf forecast for Raps at 3PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212131118191919181818171616161616161615151511
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7173768439677272119102102120116107103102100989794938714246
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
20
NE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offononoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:42PM
2.56
4:55AM
2.47
5:22PM
2.54
5:37AM
2.36
6:02PM
2.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
0.05
10:51PM
0.20
11:07AM
0.11
11:34PM
0.25
11:46AM
0.21
12:16AM
0.34
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise6:05-------6:05-------6:05-------
Sunset--5:47-------5:49-------5:49-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262929282625242328313229272625242730312725252423
Feels °C (?)253030292626252427293027252421182024272421222320
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