Rio Papagayo 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 16.69° N 99.61° W

Issued: 11 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Rio Papagayo sea temperature is

30.6°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Rio Papagayo today (08 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rio Papagayo at 5PM is: 1.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 21s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	16s
Afternoon (08 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	16s
Evening (08 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	16s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 61mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Thu morning, min 25°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 8					Friday 9								Saturday 10
	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
Rating (10 max)	3	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	SSW 18	SSW 17	SSW 16	WSW 11	SSW 16	SSW 16
Wave Graph
kJ	1115	1018	1018	1087	1087	980	918	784	773	763	774	1096	1001	984	966	954	807	717	757	798	821
Wind (km/h)	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	SSE	NNW	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ESE	SSE	SSW	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	glassy	glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	glassy	glassy	glassy
High Tide		11:00AM0.62m				11:52PM0.65m				12:00PM0.54m					1:21AM0.67m				1:22PM0.48m
Low Tide				5:14PM0.25m					6:17AM0.32m				6:15PM0.26m				8:21AM0.34m				7:30PM0.26m


	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—
mm	2	4	9	9	7	6	5	2	2	3	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	27	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	26	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	26	28	28	28	27
Feels °C	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	29	31	32	30	29	28	28	28	29	32	33	33	32
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 9	WSW 10	WSW 10	SW 10	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11
kJ	1115	1018	1018	1087	1087	980	437	402	394	452	774	1096	1001	984	966	799	771	680	757	711	821
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 22	SSW 21	SSW 21	SSW 21	WSW 8	SSE 6	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 18	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16
kJ	183	404	404	260	62	87	918	784	773	763	763	763	763	785	796	954	807	717	691	798	798
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 10	SSW 11	SSW 11	WNW 10	SSW 21	WSW 10	SSW 20	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13
kJ	30	45	44	19	176	196	596	782	716	480	446	497	651	768	768	514	352	347	347	342	342
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	ESE 5	SSE 6	SE 5	SE 7	SE 8	SSE 5	—	—	—	—	—	SE 7	SSE 7	—	—	—
kJ	89	138	170	145	112	28	53	39	56	69	17	—	—	—	—	—	44	37	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	235	183	234	183	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	4	5	6	5	4	4	8	7	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	7	5	5	6	4	7	7	8	7	9	5

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