EXCELLENT 10.0

El Gigante

Rivas, Nicaragua

Right now
· Swell SW 0.6m 14s
Good conditionsGO SURF
Waves
Chest high0.91.4m
Nice long waves· 14s
Wind
Some wind, but waves still clean18kph
ENE · gusts 39kph
Best time to surf
AI
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Tides
Today
01:11 AM0.7m
07:21 AM0.5m
01:16 PM0.5m
07:30 PM0.6m

Today's Tides · Thursday, April 9, 2026

Now0.62m↘ Falling
High Tide
07:21 AM
0.46m
High Tide
07:30 PM
0.59m
Low Tide
01:11 AM
0.69m
Low Tide
01:16 PM
0.50m

Next 4 Days

Wave Forecast (5 Days)

0.91.6m face · Avg 14s
Primary swell SW · 0.6m · 14s
Thu, Apr 9
0.9-1.4m
24h
13.5s
0.9-1.4m
03h
14s
0.9-1.4m
06h
13.7s
0.9-1.5m
09h
13.6s
1.0-1.6m
12h
13.7s
1.0-1.6m
15h
13.8s
1.0-1.5m
18h
13.9s
1.0-1.5m
21h
14.2s
Wave Height (meters)
Top numbers: height · Bottom numbers: period

Wind Forecast (5 Days)

Offshore (estimate) · cleaner waves
Thu, Apr 9
18
24h
ENE
17.6
03h
ENE
19.7
06h
ENE
26.4
09h
ENE
27.5
12h
ENE
23.3
15h
ENE
13.4
18h
E
20.9
21h
E
Wind Speed (km/h)
Wind Gusts
Arrows match the direction label

Recommendations by Level

FAIR
Good size · long period · Too windy
Best: 18:00
No specific guidance for this level.

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