Playa Jaco surf break

Playa Jaco surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 28 Jun 2025 CST
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Playa Jaco surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Playa Jaco sea temperature is
29.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Playa Jaco today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Jaco at 3AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm June 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jun)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (29 Jun)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (29 Jun)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
S
0.4
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.4
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)1313131313713810181818181717171716161616161611111111111414131716161616161616161515151514141414141414138888881616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1791761751271198410812518028138546654962059280770666868867979376371472064964669073410061030129780878883783785690189187784180778461258059570958865353943255040445488810311075998867766898
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
NW
10
N
5
NNE
5
NE
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
0
SW
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
0
ESE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
0
NW
0
W
5
NE
0
ENE
0
ESE
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
WSW
5
ENE
5
E
10
ESE
5
SE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
E
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
0
E
10
S
10
SSW
5
S
5
S
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNE
0
NW
10
S
10
S
10
S
0
N
5
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
SE
15
S
15
S
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononglassglasscross-
off
offglasscross-
on
ononglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:35AM
2.67
5:46PM
2.62
6:21AM
2.62
6:33PM
2.48
7:07AM
2.55
7:20PM
2.33
7:53AM
2.46
8:09PM
2.19
8:39AM
2.38
9:02PM
2.07
9:28AM
2.30
9:59PM
1.99
10:20AM
2.25
10:59PM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:17PM
0.11
11:41AM
0.40
12:03AM
0.22
12:30PM
0.49
12:47AM
0.36
1:20PM
0.59
1:31AM
0.51
2:10PM
0.68
2:17AM
0.66
3:03PM
0.74
3:06AM
0.78
3:58PM
0.78
3:59AM
0.86
4:54PM
0.77
4:55AM
0.89
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Sunrise---5:20-------5:20-------5:22-------5:22-------5:22-------5:22-------5:22-------5:22
Sunset-------6:01-------6:01-------6:01-------6:01-------6:01-------6:01-------6:02----
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Rain (mm)
------142--1-111111-12144-12111821-1--1372---1134121--122-12
Temp. °C272726262728282827272626272828272727262627282827272726262728282626262525272828272526262627272827262626262728272625252626
Feels °C (?)323129303131313232323030323232313232303132323231323230293131313030292828313231312931313032303231313030303131292928283029
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