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Roca Loca surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica
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Roca Loca surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Roca Loca sea temperature is
30.4° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Roca Loca today?
The current surf forecast for Roca Loca at 3PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am May 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 May) | 2ft (0.6m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (20 May) | 3ft (0.9m) | 16s |
| Evening (20 May) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Roca Loca. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 31mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Wed morning, min 27°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 20 | Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Sat 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | |
161 | 163 | 371 | 367 | 251 | 193 | 181 | 176 | 176 | 226 | 266 | 266 | 262 | 262 | 258 | 209 | 130 | 128 | 169 | 167 | 198 | 192 | 158 | 155 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | glassy | off | off | off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | glassy | glassy | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | on | on | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-off | |
High Tide | 5:31PM2.85m | 6:10AM2.68m | 6:26PM2.69m | 7:07AM2.60m | 7:24PM2.52m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:19AM0.24m | 11:53PM0.04m | 12:16PM0.35m | 00:47AM0.18m | 1:16PM0.48m | 1:44AM0.33m | ||||||||||||||||||
5:16 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:16 | — | |
— | — | 5:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | — | — | 5:52 | |
— | — | 3 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 30 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 |
34 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 30 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 13 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | S 8 | S 8 | SW 14 | SW 14 | S 8 | S 7 | S 8 | S 8 |
161 | 85 | 371 | 367 | 251 | 193 | 181 | 176 | 176 | 226 | 266 | 266 | 262 | 262 | 258 | 209 | 45 | 46 | 169 | 167 | 74 | 70 | 76 | 86 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SW 16 | S 7 | S 7 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SW 11 | S 7 | S 7 | S 8 | S 7 | S 8 | SW 14 | SW 14 | S 8 | S 8 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
83 | 163 | 15 | 14 | 78 | 36 | 35 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 30 | 24 | 23 | 41 | 40 | 43 | 130 | 128 | 44 | 60 | 198 | 192 | 158 | 155 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 7 | S 7 | S 12 | S 12 | S 7 | SW 19 | S 7 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | S 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 17 | SW 17 | S 10 | S 10 | SW 10 | S 16 | SW 18 | S 16 |
15 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 89 | 14 | 34 | 33 | 31 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 47 | 46 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 20 | 50 | 20 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 42 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 145 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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