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Junquillal surfForecast / Guanacaste / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 15 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
28.1° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Junquillal today?

The current surf forecast for Junquillal at 2AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (16 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141313131313131313121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5252535353527570116116114114838078757373727169363649
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:41AM
2.06
1:23PM
1.82
1:30AM
2.13
2:10PM
1.92
2:15AM
2.21
2:52PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:15AM
0.57
7:15PM
0.71
8:00AM
0.47
8:02PM
0.64
8:41AM
0.38
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise----6:03-------6:05-------6:05---
Sunset------5:39-------5:40-------5:40-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272725242730302826262524273031292625242428313229
Feels °C (?)232422232528302926262526273032322727262626293027
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