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Westfalia surfForecast / Limon / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 CST
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Westfalia surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Westfalia sea temperature is
28.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Westfalia today?

The current surf forecast for Westfalia at 8AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)888888888777777777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)263625252535343332313030312726253231314250666866
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
E
10
NE
10
NE
0
NE
5
W
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
N
15
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
N
15
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
0
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglassononglassglassoffglasscross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:34AM
0.50
4:43PM
0.22
2:23AM
0.50
5:29PM
0.23
3:13AM
0.49
6:16PM
0.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:38AM
-0.04
8:10PM
0.19
10:22AM
-0.05
9:08PM
0.19
11:06AM
-0.03
10:04PM
0.19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-5:18-------5:18-------5:18------
Sunset----5:42-------5:42-------5:42---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C232327282827262525252828282726252424272828272625
Feels °C (?)252529293031302829283130303130292727303030313129
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