Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Rio Papagayo today (01 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Rio Papagayo at 9PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (01 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (01 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 13s |
| Evening (01 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Rio Papagayo. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 31°C on Tue afternoon, min 26°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 1 | Wednesday 2 | Thursday 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SW 17 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 346 | 290 | 290 | 378 | 341 | 390 | 386 | 386 | 432 | 427 | 508 | 299 | 291 | 597 | 340 | 1518 | 1644 | 1588 | 1275 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | off | cross-off | glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | glassy | off | off | glassy | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 5:53PM0.54m | 6:46AM0.83m | 6:24PM0.54m | 7:23AM0.88m | 6:55PM0.55m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 12:31PM0.26m | 11:49PM0.12m | 1:10PM0.24m | 00:23AM0.05m | 1:46PM0.23m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:50 | — |
mm | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 31 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 |
Feels °C | 34 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 35 | 32 | 33 | 33 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | WSW 10 | SSW 12 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | SW 15 | WSW 10 | SW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SW 17 |
| kJ | 346 | 290 | 290 | 378 | 341 | 367 | 367 | 355 | 344 | 214 | 258 | 149 | 146 | 597 | 159 | 1518 | 1644 | 1588 | 1275 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | WSW 10 | SW 15 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 |
| kJ | 154 | 249 | 246 | 92 | 101 | 124 | 148 | 183 | 179 | 427 | 508 | 226 | 254 | 163 | 340 | 146 | 116 | 129 | 126 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 7 | S 7 | WSW 9 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 12 | WSW 10 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSE 7 | S 13 | S 13 | SSW 11 |
| kJ | 24 | 24 | 55 | 246 | 298 | 390 | 386 | 386 | 432 | 230 | 159 | 299 | 291 | 180 | 187 | 15 | 29 | 29 | 173 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 744 | 183 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 467 | 287 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 276 | 735 | 96 | 14 |
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