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Tivives surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 CST
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Tivives surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tivives sea temperature is
28.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tivives today?

The current surf forecast for Tivives at 11AM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (13 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)10911111110106991098888816161616161414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1716111111101096610661212121224252525242141
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
WSW
15
S
10
SSE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
N
10
WSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
W
10
SSW
5
S
10
NNE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:46AM
1.98
11:05PM
2.25
11:52AM
1.97
12:05AM
2.26
12:52PM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:41AM
0.82
4:43PM
0.95
5:43AM
0.80
5:46PM
0.95
6:41AM
0.74
6:44PM
0.90
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise-5:58-------5:58-------5:58------
Sunset----5:35-------5:35-------5:36---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232327302927252423232729292725242323273029272625
Feels °C (?)242427312929272524242830302928262424283131302826
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