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Rio Tulin surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 25 Jan 2026 CST
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Rio Tulin surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rio Tulin sea temperature is
29.0° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rio Tulin today?

The current surf forecast for Rio Tulin at 3AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 25). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (26 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (26 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)131312151515121414131313131313121212121212121216
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14914713817612512312532129422219819519518918317216712712512312177104103
Wind
(km/h)
0
E
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
E
15
S
20
S
10
S
5
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
SSW
15
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffoffoffglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglassoncross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:52AM
2.29
8:20PM
2.59
8:52AM
2.19
9:22PM
2.52
10:03AM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:50AM
0.49
1:56PM
0.51
2:48AM
0.54
2:55PM
0.61
3:55AM
0.56
4:05PM
0.67
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise----6:00-------6:00-------6:00---
Sunset------5:40-------5:40-------5:42-
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------1-------
Temp. °C262524242627282726252424262728272625242326272827
Feels °C (?)302725252828303030282524282729303027252327282829
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