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Rio Tulin surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 27 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 8AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (27 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (27 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212121212121616161616161515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)198195195189183172129127125123121119104103102147173149147135152204207201
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
N
5
NE
15
S
15
S
10
S
5
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
NE
10
SSW
15
SSW
5
SW
10
NNW
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
SSW
15
S
5
SSE
5
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassoncross-
on		glasscross-
off		offoffoffglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:52AM
2.19
9:22PM
2.52
10:03AM
2.13
10:32PM
2.49
11:20AM
2.15
11:45PM
2.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:48AM
0.54
2:55PM
0.61
3:55AM
0.56
4:05PM
0.67
5:08AM
0.53
5:21PM
0.66
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
Sunrise--6:00-------6:00-------6:00-----
Sunset----5:40-------5:42-------5:42---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
------1---------------1-
Temp. °C252527282827272624232527282726242323262727272625
Feels °C (?)272629283030312925232628292927252222272728302927
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