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Playa Jaco Surf Forecast
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Playa Jaco surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 13 Aug 2025 CST
How big are the waves at Playa Jaco today?
The current surf forecast for Playa Jaco at 6PM is: 1.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (13 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 15s |
| Evening (13 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Playa Jaco. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 13 | Thursday 14 | Friday 15 | Saturday 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 628 | 532 | 455 | 449 | 444 | 448 | 447 | 381 | 380 | 380 | 407 | 396 | 402 | 402 | 443 | 412 | 330 | 270 | 314 | 262 | 235 | 304 | 256 | 279 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | off | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | on | glass | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:39PM 2.67 | 6:04AM 2.88 | 6:25PM 2.57 | 6:50AM 2.81 | 7:16PM 2.44 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 11:35AM 0.22 | 11:46PM 0.18 | 12:21PM 0.25 | 12:31AM 0.27 | 1:11PM 0.32 | 1:20AM 0.40 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 13 | Thursday 14 | Friday 15 | Saturday 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 5:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:28 |
| Sunset | - | - | 5:55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:55 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | 2 | 6 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 12 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Temp. °C | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 |
| Feels °C (?) | 33 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Golfo de Nicoya
Offshore wind has become very light (light winds from the E at Barva 72 km from Playa Jaco). Surf should be turning clean at Playa Jaco. 0.9m 15s groundswell from the SW with a 0.5m 8s swell from the SSW and a 0.3m 10s swell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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