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Jaco Beach surf break

Jaco Beach surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 07 Jan 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
28.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Jaco Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Jaco Beach at 3PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121111141414131313131313131212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)818155664948526865636261851081361037593929211811812093
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
SSW
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
10
SSW
10
S
5
S
5
E
5
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscrossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:58PM
2.78
6:10AM
2.62
6:43PM
2.70
6:57AM
2.45
7:28PM
2.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
0.08
12:07AM
0.35
12:23PM
0.23
12:55AM
0.46
1:07PM
0.40
1:45AM
0.58
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise5:56------5:56-------5:56-------5:56
Sunset--5:31-------5:32-------5:32-----
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---21-------------------
Temp. °C272828272725242426272827262524242627282726252424
Feels °C (?)293030303128262528293031302725252829293030282625
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