Playa Carate

Puerto Jiménez, Costa Rica

Right now

Conditions at 1:00 PM Central Standard Time.

Fair

Waist-high (0.9 m) at 6 s, heading toward NNE, with moderate cross-onshore wind toward ENE.

Swell

0.9 m

NNE

6 s

Wind

10 km/h

ENE

Cross-onshore

Tide

1 m

Falling

Weather

27 °C

Thunderstorm

30 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Saturday, September 19, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Good

0.8 m · 7 s

N

4 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

SSW

Offshore

1.1 m

Light drizzle · 25 °C

1 AM

Good

0.8 m · 7 s

N

3 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1 m

Drizzle · 25 °C

2 AM

Good

0.8 m · 7 s

N

1 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1.1 m

Drizzle · 25 °C

3 AM

Good

0.9 m · 7 s

N

2 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

NW

Onshore

1.3 m

Light drizzle · 25 °C

4 AM

Good

0.9 m · 6 s

N

6 km/h · 15 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.6 m

Light showers · 24 °C

5 AM

Good

0.9 m · 6 s

N

1 km/h · 15 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.9 m

Drizzle · 24 °C

6 AM

Good

0.9 m · 6 s

N

7 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

2.2 m

Drizzle · 24 °C

7 AM

Good

0.9 m · 6 s

N

1 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

2.3 m

Light drizzle · 25 °C

8 AM

Good

0.9 m · 6 s

NNE

3 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

WNW

Cross-shore

2.3 m

Light showers · 25 °C

9 AM

Good

0.9 m · 6 s

NNE

3 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

2.2 m

Light showers · 26 °C

10 AM

Good

0.9 m · 6 s

NNE

5 km/h · 17 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.9 m

Light drizzle · 27 °C

11 AM

Fair

0.9 m · 6 s

NNE

7 km/h · 21 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.6 m

Thunderstorm · 29 °C

12 PM

Poor

0.9 m · 6 s

NNE

13 km/h · 31 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.3 m

Drizzle · 29 °C

1 PM

Fair

0.9 m · 6 s

NNE

10 km/h · 33 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1 m

Thunderstorm · 27 °C

2 PM

Fair

0.9 m · 6 s

NNE

12 km/h · 28 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1 m

Light showers · 26 °C

3 PM

Fair

0.9 m · 6 s

NNE

9 km/h · 28 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1 m

Light showers · 27 °C

4 PM

Fair

0.9 m · 6 s

NNE

8 km/h · 22 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.2 m

Drizzle · 26 °C

5 PM

Good

0.9 m · 6 s

NNE

5 km/h · 18 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

1.5 m

Light showers · 25 °C

6 PM

Good

0.9 m · 6 s

NNE

3 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1.8 m

Drizzle · 25 °C

7 PM

Good

0.9 m · 6 s

NNE

0 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

WNW

Cross-shore

2 m

Drizzle · 25 °C

8 PM

Good

0.9 m · 6 s

NNE

1 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

2.1 m

Light drizzle · 25 °C

9 PM

Good

0.9 m · 6 s

NNE

3 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

ESE

Cross-shore

2.1 m

Overcast · 25 °C

10 PM

Good

0.9 m · 6 s

NNE

2 km/h · 11 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.9 m

Overcast · 25 °C

11 PM

Good

0.9 m · 5 s

NNE

3 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.7 m

Overcast · 25 °C

Nearby spots

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