Jaco Beach surf break

Jaco Beach surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 08 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
29.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Jaco Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Jaco Beach at 4AM is: 0.6m 19s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)18s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Evening (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)18s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
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
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)131919181818181818171816161616161616161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)218372281255252375375370444429204386515508508371367436430220284310318314
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
15
S
15
S
10
S
0
W
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
5
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
ESE
15
S
15
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51PM
2.28
7:26AM
2.05
7:37PM
2.15
8:22AM
1.96
8:34PM
2.05
9:28AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:15AM
0.66
1:24PM
0.88
2:05AM
0.78
2:21PM
0.99
3:06AM
0.86
3:31PM
1.03
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise---5:31-------5:31-------5:30----
Sunset------5:47-------5:47-------5:47-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282827262929302929282727293030292928272729293029
Feels °C (?)323229283231333335322929323232333431292932313232
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