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Playa Jaco Surf Photo: 'Frente al Bohio (3/8/14) aprox. 3-3.5 ft' by Francisco Montero Benavides

Lat Long: 9.61° N 84.63° W

Issued: 11 am 21 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Playa Jaco sea temperature is

29.5° C

Slightly warmer than usual

Playa Jaco surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	N		SW	S
	15 s	glass		15 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 2 August at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Playa Jaco around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	N		SW	S
	15 s	glass		15 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 2 August at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Playa Jaco around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SW	SSW	SW	S
	14 s	on	9 s	14 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 2 August at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Playa Jaco around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW
	14 s	on	9 s	14 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 2 August at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Playa Jaco around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SW	SW	SW	S
	14 s	on	3 s	14 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 2 August at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Playa Jaco around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SSW		SW	S
	14 s	on		14 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 2 August at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Playa Jaco around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SW		SW	S
	14 s	glass		14 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 August at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Playa Jaco around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	NW		S	SW
	14 s	glass		7 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 August at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Playa Jaco around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	N		S	SW
	13 s	glass		7 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 August at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Playa Jaco around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	NNW		S	SW
	13 s	glass		7 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 August at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Playa Jaco around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SSW		S	SW
	13 s	on		7 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 August at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Playa Jaco around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	SSW		S	SW
	16 s	on		7 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 August at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Playa Jaco around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SW		S	SSW
	16 s	on		7 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 August at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Playa Jaco around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	WSW		S	SSW
	16 s	glass		7 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 August at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Playa Jaco around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	WNW		S	SSW
	15 s	glass		7 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 August at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Playa Jaco around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	NW		S	SW
	15 s	cross		7 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 August at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Playa Jaco around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	NW		SSW	SW
	15 s	cross		7 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 August at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Playa Jaco around the time the photo was taken

Image captured One hour and 20 minutes before high water (rising ordinary tide). Tide height was 2.2m (7.2 ft). Range 3.29m (10.8 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Frente al Bohio (3/8/14) Aprox. 3-3.5 ft

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Country: Costa Rica (479 photos)

Photo taken at: 6:00 am 3 Aug 2014