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Tortuguero surfForecast / Limon / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 CST
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Tortuguero surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tortuguero sea temperature is
27.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Tortuguero today?

The current surf forecast for Tortuguero at 9AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
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)
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
1.3
NE
1.5
NE
2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
Period(s) (?)8888777777777777891010109910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)128128142138134134134142122164151151156160147171311660889889750719735763
Wind
(km/h)
0
WNW
5
WSW
5
NW
10
N
10
N
5
NW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
0
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:04AM
0.42
10:46AM
0.42
11:27AM
0.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:23PM
0.04
7:52PM
0.04
8:15PM
0.05
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise-5:54-------5:54-------5:54------
Sunset----5:30-------5:30-------5:30---
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rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
311121-----1221113332133
Temp. °C252426272625242424242627272525242423252627252424
Feels °C (?)292729292828272626262829302928272726293030282828
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