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Playa Jaco surf break

Playa Jaco surfForecast / Golfo de Nicoya / Costa Rica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 10 Mar 2026 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
29.8° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa Jaco today?

The current surf forecast for Playa Jaco at 6AM is: 1.3m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)17s
Afternoon (11 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Evening (11 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)16s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
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)
3
3
3
3
3
1
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)181818171717161616161616151518141516161615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)917907943103299697392610161003749749848856610522508822950950763687669660557
Wind
(km/h)
0
E
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNW
10
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
0
WSW
5
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
0
N
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		onglassoffoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:56AM
2.01
8:13PM
2.15
8:54AM
1.88
9:15PM
2.05
10:09AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:49AM
0.71
1:55PM
0.87
2:45AM
0.83
2:53PM
0.99
3:54AM
0.90
4:08PM
1.05
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise---5:47-------5:47-------5:46----
Sunset------5:49-------5:49-------5:49-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C282726252829292828272625282929282726252527282928
Feels °C (?)332927263030303133302826303030303128262629293131
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