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Junquillal surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 27 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
28.6° C
 (Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Junquillal today?

The current surf forecast for Junquillal at 4AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 27). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (28 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)121818181818161616161616161515151516161515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11311180107987913312917317317312589154109144144142191234272167206166
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
10
NE
5
SW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:53AM
1.91
10:24PM
2.27
11:08AM
1.92
11:36PM
2.29
12:22PM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:48AM
0.51
3:55PM
0.56
5:00AM
0.48
5:09PM
0.56
6:10AM
0.40
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise----6:05-------6:05-------6:05---
Sunset------5:45-------5:45-------5:46-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262524242831313027252424283030282624232227303027
Feels °C (?)252424232629302824232223242727272523232325303129
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