Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Rio Papagayo today (14 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Rio Papagayo at 7PM is: 1.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Oct) | 5ft (1.5m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (14 Oct) | 5ft (1.5m) | 15s |
| Evening (14 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Rio Papagayo. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Wed morning, min 24°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the ESE by Thu afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 14 | Thursday 15 | Friday 16 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1001 | 924 | 911 | 911 | 807 | 807 | 711 | 656 | 568 | 553 | 425 | 425 | 425 | 490 | 485 | 520 | 637 | 681 | 845 | 835 | 954 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:40PM0.50m | 6:08AM0.84m | 6:16PM0.52m | 6:44AM0.84m | 6:49PM0.53m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 12:16PM0.18m | 11:16PM0.13m | 12:48PM0.16m | 11:53PM0.11m | 1:18PM0.16m | ||||||||||||||||
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 | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — |
mm | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Temp °C | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 |
Feels °C | 31 | 33 | 32 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 19 | SE 8 | SE 9 | S 10 | SSW 10 |
| kJ | 1001 | 924 | 911 | 911 | 807 | 807 | 274 | 284 | 250 | 553 | 425 | 425 | 425 | 352 | 347 | 303 | 637 | 542 | 686 | 679 | 667 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | SSW 21 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 19 | SSW 13 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 |
| kJ | 28 | 16 | 73 | 139 | 144 | 243 | 711 | 656 | 568 | 66 | 34 | 171 | 259 | 336 | 485 | 480 | 282 | 408 | 598 | 835 | 954 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 11 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 10 | S 10 | WNW 13 | WNW 11 | SW 22 | SW 21 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | S 9 | WNW 9 | S 10 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SW 13 | WNW 9 |
| kJ | 21 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 74 | 32 | 74 | 118 | 117 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 63 | 8 | 67 | 681 | 845 | 183 | 8 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 8 | SSE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | NE 3 | SE 9 | SE 9 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 260 | 362 | 352 | 383 | 490 | 477 | 520 | 470 | 926 | 5 | 795 | 790 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 155 | 659 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 96 | 285 | 134 | 175 | 96 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 175 | 96 | 96 | 29 |
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