Jaco Beach surf break

Jaco Beach surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 10 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: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161616151515151515151514141414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)367436430220284310318314377339339275272272268264264264325316243236290299
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
15
S
15
S
10
S
5
NW
10
N
10
NNE
15
N
5
ENE
20
S
15
S
10
SSW
5
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
0
NNE
15
S
20
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:34PM
2.05
9:28AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:06AM
0.86
3:31PM
1.03
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise---5:30-------5:30-------5:28----
Sunset------5:47-------5:47-------5:47-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C292827272929302929282727303030292928272729293029
Feels °C (?)333028283230323233302928333132323330282832313232
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