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Canoa in Manabi is a fairly exposed beach break that has consistent surf. Summer offers the favoured conditions for surfing. Works best in offshore winds from the east southeast. Groundswells are more common than windswells and the ideal swell direction is from the northwest. Waves at the beach break both left and right. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It very rarely gets crowded here. Watch out for sharks and rocks.

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Overall Canoa Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see Canoa surf quality by season and Canoa surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to Ecuador - Manabi surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Canoa

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Canoa:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Frente A Bahia	5 mi
Second closest break	La Bellaca	6 mi
Third closest break	La Mesita	10 mi
Fourth closest break	Cabo Pasado	12 mi
Fifth closest break	Punta Ballena	26 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Canoa:
Closest wave buoy	Western Caribbean Buoy	1196 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Yucatan Basin Buoy	1438 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Eastern Caribbean Buoy	1646 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East of Bahamas Buoy	1797 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Bay of Campeche Buoy	1802 mi
Tide stations nearest to Canoa:
Closest tide station	Turbo, Colombia	654 mi
Second closest tide station	Balboa, Panama	660 mi
Third closest tide station	Cristóbal, Panama	685 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Bocas del Toro, Almirante Bay, Panama	695 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Limon, Costa Rica	750 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Canoa:
Closest ski area	Huascaran (Peru)	624 mi
Second closest ski area	Chacaltaya (Bolivia)	1385 mi
Third closest ski area	Ski Arpa (Chile)	2313 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Portillo (Chile)	2331 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Los Penitentes (Argentina)	2333 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Canoa:
Closest city location	Bahia de Caraques (Ecuador)	5 mi
Second closest city location	Tosagua (Ecuador)	22 mi
Third closest city location	Chone (Ecuador)	26 mi
Fourth closest city location	Rocafuerte (Ecuador)	26 mi
Fifth closest city location	Calceta (Ecuador)	29 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Canoa is Eloy Alfaro International (Manta) Airport (MEC) in Ecuador, 52 km (32 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Canoa is Reales Tamarindos (Portoviejo) Airport (PVO), also in Ecuador, 56 km (35 miles) away.
• Third is Simon Bolivar International (Guayaquil) Airport (GYE) in Ecuador, 190 km (118 miles) away.
• General Ulpiano Paez (Salinas) Airport (SNC) in Ecuador is 194 km (120 miles) away.
• Chachoan (Ambato) Airport (ATF), also in Ecuador is the fifth nearest airport to Canoa and is 221 km (137 miles) away.