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Jaco Beach Surf Forecast
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Jaco Beach surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 CST
How big are the waves at Jaco Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Jaco Beach at 6PM is: 0.8m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 18s |
| Evening (16 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 17s |
Table - waves today at Jaco Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 270 | 336 | 423 | 419 | 459 | 397 | 445 | 469 | 620 | 683 | 691 | 539 | 627 | 620 | 620 | 612 | 666 | 759 | 649 | 616 | 592 | 576 | 330 | 400 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- off | glass | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 11:25PM 2.28 | 11:50AM 2.22 | 12:22AM 2.38 | 12:46PM 2.29 | 1:08AM 2.49 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 5:01PM 0.66 | 5:40AM 0.73 | 6:02PM 0.63 | 6:38AM 0.62 | 6:52PM 0.58 | 7:24AM 0.51 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 5:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:26 | - | - |
| Sunset | 5:21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Temp. °C | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 |
| Feels °C (?) | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Golfo de Nicoya
Wind reports 63 km away suggest it is still onshore at Jaco Beach (light winds from the WNW at Juan Santamaria Airport). 0.7m 7s swell from the SSW with a 0.5m 17s long period groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.5m 3s local chop, also from the WSW as well as a 0.4m 7s swell, also from the WSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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