Atacames surfForecast / Esmeraldas / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 15 Sep 2025 -05
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Atacames surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Atacames sea temperature is
26.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Atacames today?

The current surf forecast for Atacames at 6AM is: 0.5m 17s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (15 Sep)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
WSW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)181817171616161616161615151515151515151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)121120151142149188186131129129126118115112110110112116777673706866
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:19AM
2.61
10:13PM
2.46
10:39AM
2.47
11:38PM
2.44
12:03PM
2.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:05AM
0.79
3:48PM
0.67
4:24AM
0.94
5:09PM
0.75
5:51AM
0.95
6:27PM
0.71
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Sunrise---6:11-------6:09-------6:09----
Sunset------6:17-------6:16-------6:16-
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------11-----1-----
Temp. °C242423242425252423232323232625242323232326272624
Feels °C (?)262624262525252525252424252624252424242427262524
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Esmeraldas

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Atacames (light winds from the S.(Wind varies from 150 to 220 degs) at Tumaco/la Florid 161 km from Atacames). 0.8m 11s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.8m 5s windswell, also from the WSW and a 0.6m 15s groundswell, also from the W as well as a 0.3m 15s groundswell, also from the W. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

    Atacames
Expand
<
>
View all

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Atacames surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest