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Conditions at Playa Matapalo in April
April: Longest Period of the Year
April is a sleeper month. The average height rises to 3.0ft (0.9m) but the headline is the period: 14.1s, the longest of the entire year. This is pure, distant ground swell-99.7 percent of it from the SSW-and nearly one-third of the energy is in that satisfying 3-5ft (1-1.5m) range, with a splash of 5-6.5ft (1.5-2m) on the best days. Offshore winds remain decent at 66 percent ideal, though the WNW flow (14.9 percent) is a bit less dominant. Showers start to pick up with 3.36mm/day average precipitation, and the water temperature peaks at 29.6°C. The increase in wave length and power is real; this is the month when a groveler can suddenly find itself hooting into clean, bowly waist-to-chest runners.
Average Spot conditions at Playa Matapalo in April
Swell history for April
Wind history for April
Swell quality
Analyze the groundswell consistency at Playa Matapalo during April. Based on historical data, there is a % probability of groundswell occurring this month. The chart below provides a detailed breakdown of the average wave height distribution, offering deep insights into the swell quality and surf potential you can expect at Playa Matapalo for your next trip in April.
Ground swell
Ground swell by size
Wind conditions
Evaluate the wind and swell alignment at Playa Matapalo for April. Our analysis shows that favorable offshore or side-shore winds coincide with surfable swell approximately % of the time. The accompanying graph illustrates the average size distribution of waves during these optimal wind windows at Playa Matapalo.