Tortuguero surfForecast / Limon / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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
29.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Tortuguero today?

The current surf forecast for Tortuguero at 11PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)--
Afternoon (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (16 Sep)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)788777888888888888887777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6288881041141141201261571331331261169595957674725048474444
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
NW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NW
5
W
5
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
W
10
SW
5
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
5
N
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onglassoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:05PM
0.43
9:29AM
0.22
8:11PM
0.41
10:19AM
0.24
9:19PM
0.38
11:03AM
0.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:34AM
0.08
12:45PM
0.18
3:37AM
0.11
1:43PM
0.21
4:46AM
0.14
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise-----5:22-------5:22-------5:22--
Sunset5:31-------5:31-------5:30-------
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clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
1--------1--11--143-----
Temp. °C282726252525272928272625252527292826252525252829
Feels °C (?)323230292828303131313029282831323131282929283232
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Limon

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tortuguero (calm at Cahuita wx 47 km from Tortuguero). 0.9m 7s swell from the ENE with a 0.2m 2s local chop from the SE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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0.0
29.3
Air / Water (°C)
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