Jaco Beach surf break

Jaco Beach surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am 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
29.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Jaco Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Jaco Beach at 8PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
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
Period(s) (?)131313131319191818181818181718161616161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)218372198246235372281255252375375370444429204386515508508371367436430220
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
15
SSW
15
S
5
SSW
5
ESE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
0
SE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
NNE
10
N
15
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:41AM
2.18
6:51PM
2.28
7:26AM
2.05
7:37PM
2.15
8:22AM
1.96
8:34PM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:39PM
0.75
1:15AM
0.66
1:24PM
0.88
2:05AM
0.78
2:21PM
0.99
3:06AM
0.86
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise5:31------5:31-------5:31-------5:30
Sunset--5:47-------5:47-------5:47-----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C292929292828272629293029282827272930302928282726
Feels °C (?)333131333332292832313232333230293131323332312827
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