Jaco Beach surf break

Jaco Beach surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 06 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 1AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 06). 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)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
1
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
2
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
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
Period(s) (?)131313131212121212131313131313131313131919181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)461384378367334271271271334356298367218273218372198246235372281255252375
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
SSE
5
E
5
N
10
N
10
NNE
0
NNE
10
S
15
S
10
S
5
WSW
5
NW
10
N
10
N
5
NNW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
0
ESE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:33PM
2.55
6:01AM
2.31
6:10PM
2.42
6:41AM
2.18
6:51PM
2.28
7:26AM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:52PM
0.40
12:00PM
0.61
12:31AM
0.53
12:39PM
0.75
1:15AM
0.66
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-----5:31-------5:31-------5:31--
Sunset5:47-------5:47-------5:47-------
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------12-----------
Temp. °C302928282727282929292827272728292929282827272929
Feels °C (?)323232322930323131323231302931303132333230293230
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