Jaco Beach surf break

Jaco Beach surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 CST
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Jaco Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Jaco Beach sea temperature is
30.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Jaco Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Jaco Beach at 5PM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (07 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (07 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
3
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
1
2
1
2
3
3
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)121212131313131313131313131919181818181818171716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)271271334356361367218277218372198246235372281255252375375370444429202386
Wind
(km/h)
0
NE
15
S
15
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
ESE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
20
SSW
15
S
5
S
0
SE
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscrossglassglasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:01AM
2.31
6:10PM
2.42
6:41AM
2.18
6:51PM
2.28
7:26AM
2.05
7:37PM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:00PM
0.61
12:31AM
0.53
12:39PM
0.75
1:15AM
0.66
1:24PM
0.88
2:05AM
0.78
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise5:31------5:31-------5:31-------5:31
Sunset--5:47-------5:47-------5:47-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----11-----------------
Temp. °C292930292828272628293029282827272930302929282727
Feels °C (?)333132323233312831313232323230293130323234312929
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