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Station tide prediction

Mal Pais (Mar Azul)

Predicted at Oct 17, 8:00 AM CST

6.4 ft

falling

MIO-CIMAR Bahía Herradura station 40 · 54.4 km from Mal Pais (Mar Azul) · regional tide reference; local timing and height may differ · MIO mean-low-tide reference

Next low1.5 ftOct 17, 1:00 PM CST
Next high7.0 ftOct 17, 7:21 PM CST
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Tide through the day

2026-10-17 · America/Costa_Rica

Station tide prediction for Mal Pais (Mar Azul). Approximate linear interpolation between named station high and low events. Gaps remain blank. The event times and heights follow the chart.

12:00 AM6:00 AM12:00 PM6:00 PM12:00 AM

Interpolated station prediction · 1.5 ft to 7.6 ft

  • Low tide1.9 ft
  • High tide7.6 ft
  • Low tide1.5 ft
  • High tide7.0 ft
Station, reference level & prediction method

MIO-CIMAR Bahía Herradura station 40 · 54.4 km from Mal Pais (Mar Azul) · regional tide reference; local timing and height may differ · 40

Reference level: MIO mean-low-tide reference.

The chart and matching times use linear interpolation between predicted extrema. Heights between events are approximate. Gaps and unbracketed times have no estimate.

Source time: Oct 16, 11:51 AM CST.

The assigned station describes regional water levels. Local beach waterlines, currents, crossings, and access require separate information.

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About this spot

Model-grid forecast requested at the mapped coordinate; reef, headland, and nearshore transformations are unresolved. Reef break. Mar Azul reef in Mal Pais, south of Playa Carmen; this route covers the named Mar Azul break only. Published map coordinate is approximate; coastline orientation and breaking-surf response are uncalibrated.

Mapped spot coordinate: 9.6133, -85.1549.

Mainland Costa Rica · Pacific · Coastline orientation unresolved · Location provenance

Model request point: Mal Pais (Mar Azul) (9.6133, -85.1549). Model output times describe valid conditions; the provider does not expose the model run issue time in this response.

Forecast sources

Data coverage 3/7 sources

Source availability is not forecast accuracy. Where an empirical model passes historical testing, its error and interval coverage are shown above. Source count cannot increase that confidence.

Coverage tier D · MODEL_FIRST_AMERICAS · spot-level model point

  • National or regional meteorological marine bulletin
    Warnings and official marine narrative where no structured surf feed exists; market adapter or station mapping not connected    UnavailableNo source time
  • The Buoy API
    No verified public live instrument feed covers these breaks. UCR/IMARES publishes research measurements and request-based data access, without a verified current local observation stream.    UnavailableNo source time
  • WorldTides API
    Official MIO-CIMAR station predictions are used; heights are referenced to the provider-described mean of low tides from at least a 20-year record.    UnavailableNo source time
  • MIO-CIMAR Costa Rica tide predictions
    MIO-CIMAR Bahía Herradura station 40 · 54.4 km from Mal Pais (Mar Azul) · regional tide reference; local timing and height may differ; predicted high/low events above MIO mean-low-tide reference, converted to feet. Timestamp is retrieval time; provider issue time is not supplied.    Current
  • Open-Meteo Marine API
    1 of 1 configured model points available    Current
  • Open-Meteo Weather API
    1 of 1 configured model points available    Current
  • Copernicus Marine Global Ocean Waves
    No independently authenticated Copernicus product, run, grid, and current response is connected; MIO-CIMAR and Open-Meteo remain separately labeled model evidence.    UnavailableNo source time
  • Surf-Forecast public pages
    Spot discovery and break-specific HTML fallback    Not applicableNo source time
  • Surfline public spot pages
    Break-specific comparison, cams, and metadata    Not applicableNo source time
How best guesses are made

Best guesses combine usable wave and wind evidence, with qualitative confidence and specific limitations. A missing tide or local surf-height model does not prevent useful guidance. Tide levels use the named station datum; their effect at this break remains uncertain. Wind direction is relative to the mapped beach orientation, without calibrated terrain or shelter effects. The comparison is a heuristic, not a measured quality rating.