Rio Claro surfForecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 18 Oct 2025 CST
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Rio Claro surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rio Claro sea temperature is
28.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Rio Claro today?

The current surf forecast for Rio Claro at 7AM is: 1.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)4ft (1.2m)16s
Afternoon (18 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Evening (18 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)151616161616161515151515141414141313131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)679697715715768759740544716522522522515425362347282277277277273222192138
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
0
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:44PM
2.45
1:05AM
2.66
1:29PM
2.55
1:43AM
2.76
2:08PM
2.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:36AM
0.66
6:49PM
0.62
7:21AM
0.53
7:31PM
0.56
7:59AM
0.41
8:08PM
0.51
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise-5:20-------5:20-------5:20------
Sunset----5:16-------5:15-------5:15---
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
--1222121--22242-2232343
Temp. °C242526262625252525252727262625252525272726252525
Feels °C (?)283030292928292929293130282929292829313028282929
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Golfo Dulce

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Rio Claro (calm at Cerro Punta wx 120 km from Rio Claro). 0.9m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW with a 0.7m 6s windswell from the WSW and a 0.6m 6s windswell from the S. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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