Surf Forecast Surf Report
  • Country flag icon
  • Country flag icon
  • Country flag icon
  • Country flag icon
  • Country flag icon
  • Country flag icon
app storeplay store
Point
Backwash location map

Backwash surf Forecast / Golfo Dulce / Costa Rica

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 19 Apr 2024 CST
Forecast update in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Backwash surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Backwash sea temperature is 30.3°C (Statistics for 19 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 29.5 °C max: 30.3 °C min: 28.7 °C)
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.leaflet.map_placeholder_alt">Map Placeholder Alt</span>
Backwash surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Backwash sea temperature is 30.3°C (Statistics for 19 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 29.5 °C max: 30.3 °C min: 28.7 °C)


How big are the waves at Backwash today?

The current surf forecast for Backwash at 4PM is: 1.1m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)19s
Afternoon (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)18s
Evening (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)18s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)191918181818181817161616161616161615141414161616161615151515161515141414141414141314121313131313131312121818181818171716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)922701616777103812591245123110209388591029101612141214119911841051594602508116514101393132412911382112113821214139397011061076930822778767756585389596447499421421426336331396288241278319399541480386373347
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
5
SSW
0
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ESE
10
SSW
15
SW
10
W
5
W
5
W
5
NW
5
N
0
E
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
5
W
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
5
SSW
5
E
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
E
10
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
0
NNE
0
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
W
10
SW
20
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
SE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
0
WNW
10
SSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscrosscrossglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:07PM
2.38
12:27AM
2.32
12:51PM
2.52
1:13AM
2.44
1:29PM
2.66
1:52AM
2.55
2:04PM
2.77
2:29AM
2.64
2:37PM
2.85
3:04AM
2.70
3:11PM
2.90
3:38AM
2.72
3:44PM
2.90
4:12AM
2.70
4:18PM
2.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:21PM
0.89
6:34AM
0.80
7:06PM
0.74
7:15AM
0.72
7:44PM
0.59
7:53AM
0.63
8:20PM
0.46
8:28AM
0.56
8:54PM
0.36
9:02AM
0.52
9:28PM
0.30
9:36AM
0.51
10:02PM
0.28
10:10AM
0.53
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Sunrise5:20------5:20-------5:20-------5:20-------5:20-------5:18-------5:18-------5:18----
Sunset--5:42-------5:42-------5:42-------5:42-------5:42-------5:42-------5:42-------5:42-
thunderstorm part cloudpart cloudthunderstorm thunderstorm clearclearthunderstorm clearpart cloudthunderstorm thunderstorm thunderstorm thunderstorm thunderstorm thunderstorm clearpart cloudthunderstorm thunderstorm thunderstorm mod rainmod rainrain showersrain showerspart cloudclearclearclearclearpart cloudpart cloudclearclearpart cloudpart cloudthunderstorm part cloudthunderstorm thunderstorm clearpart cloudthunderstorm thunderstorm thunderstorm thunderstorm thunderstorm cloudcloudpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudclearclearclearclearclearthunderstorm thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
1--31--1--112653--1259742-----------1-11--24344-----------13
Temp. °C282930282727262628292928272626262829292827272524262728272726252527292928272726262829292827262626272829282726262528292928
Feels °C (?)323132323232303031313131313030303332323231312928303030303130292931323232323330313232313131303031313133323130312933323132

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Backwash surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest