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Montanita surfForecast / Guayas / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 -05
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Montanita surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Montanita sea temperature is
25.7° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Montanita today?

The current surf forecast for Montanita at 6AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (12 Jan)1ft (0.3m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
WNW
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)121111111110101010101010181818181813131216161212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)353030292927253720201716306161613044405064645690
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
10
SE
5
S
10
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
10
S
10
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
NW
5
S
5
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglasscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononglassglassglassglasscross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:58AM
1.65
11:03PM
1.78
12:08PM
1.64
12:06AM
1.75
1:13PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:39AM
0.69
4:48PM
0.90
5:41AM
0.69
5:58PM
0.93
6:43AM
0.65
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise---6:24-------6:24-------6:24----
Sunset------6:37-------6:37-------6:37-
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---1------------11------
Temp. °C242423232425252424242323252625242423232324252524
Feels °C (?)262726262727262526272625272726272826262626272726
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