Surf Break

Lat Long: 16.69° N 99.61° W

Rio Papagayo 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 26 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rio Papagayo sea temperature is
30.4°C
1.0° 

Rio Papagayo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Rio Papagayo today (26 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 17s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rio Papagayo at 11PM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm October 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Oct)--
Afternoon (26 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (26 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 30°C on Mon afternoon, min 25°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.5
SW
17
0.9
SW
17
0.9
SSW
17
1
SW
18
1.1
SW
18
1.1
SW
17
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.2
SW
16
1.2
SW
16
1.2
SW
16
1.2
SW
16
1.2
SW
16
1.2
SW
16
1.2
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
217
146
147
434
528
600
703
687
617
595
595
595
767
748
729
720
711
711
729
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
W
20
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
N
5
NNW
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
Wind State
on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
glassy
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
1:20PM0.38m
3:12AM0.81m
2:50PM0.39m
4:08AM0.87m
3:55PM0.43m
Low Tide
7:21PM0.19m
10:34AM0.28m
8:37PM0.14m
11:12AM0.23m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
30
28
27
26
25
25
26
28
28
28
27
26
26
25
26
28
28
27
27
Feels °C
33
31
31
29
28
28
29
30
29
31
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30
30
29
30
31
30
29
30
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