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Tivives surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 26 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
28.8° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tivives today?

The current surf forecast for Tivives at 12PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (26 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (26 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thu
29
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
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)161515151214141313131313131212121212121212111616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12611911211010627620717312616816812111711010610410371696767668686
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
5
NW
10
W
15
SSW
10
S
5
E
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
SSE
20
S
10
S
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
5
NNE
5
WSW
20
S
10
SSE
5
ENE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffoffoffoffoncross-
on		cross-
on		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:02AM
2.36
8:30PM
2.66
9:02AM
2.25
9:31PM
2.59
10:13AM
2.19
10:42PM
2.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:59AM
0.50
2:06PM
0.52
2:58AM
0.55
3:05PM
0.62
4:05AM
0.58
4:15PM
0.68
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thu
29
Sunrise--6:01-------6:01-------6:01-----
Sunset----5:40-------5:40-------5:42---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232327292927262423232830292725242322273130272624
Feels °C (?)242328302929292624243031293028252422273129292825
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