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Junquillal surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 11 Jan 2026 CST
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Junquillal surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Junquillal sea temperature is
28.4° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Junquillal today?

The current surf forecast for Junquillal at 4PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (11 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121111111111121211111010101099911
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)891141141146868676159424242568187786967553635343345
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
10
ENE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29AM
1.91
8:57PM
2.12
9:24AM
1.79
9:50PM
2.04
10:26AM
1.72
10:47PM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:33PM
0.63
3:26AM
0.68
3:25PM
0.74
4:26AM
0.72
4:23PM
0.80
5:27AM
0.70
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise6:03-------6:03-------6:03-------
Sunset--5:37-------5:37-------5:38-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C283132292625242327303028262423232730302825242322
Feels °C (?)262830272424232325272727252324232529292925242423
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