Jaco Beach surf break

Jaco Beach surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 23 Nov 2025 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
27.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Jaco Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Jaco Beach at 9PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)--
Afternoon (23 Nov)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (23 Nov)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131013131313131212121212121616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)140178138138681371491491471451331291291271271138281787370575575
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
S
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NE
0
ESE
10
SSW
10
S
5
SW
0
N
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
0
NE
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrossglassglassglasscross-
off
crossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:52PM
2.34
4:55AM
2.48
5:30PM
2.30
5:32AM
2.40
6:10PM
2.26
6:12AM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:47PM
0.62
11:16AM
0.40
11:26PM
0.69
11:54AM
0.47
12:07AM
0.76
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Sunrise-----5:35-------5:35-------5:35--
Sunset5:14-------5:14-------5:14-------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
23------11--------------
Temp. °C282727262525272727272625242426272727262625252727
Feels °C (?)313132302727313030313028252529292930292928273130
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