Atacames surfForecast / Esmeraldas / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 -05
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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
26.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Atacames today?

The current surf forecast for Atacames at 11PM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)--
Afternoon (16 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (16 Oct)1ft (0.3m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NW
0.2
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)101515151616161616161616161515151515151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)332244444850505050504948484543424242424141414039
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:32AM
2.60
12:58PM
2.50
1:27AM
2.72
1:51PM
2.62
2:10AM
2.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:07PM
0.78
6:50AM
0.82
7:07PM
0.72
7:42AM
0.68
7:55PM
0.64
8:25AM
0.53
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-----6:01-------6:01-------6:01--
Sunset6:07-------6:07-------6:07-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242423232323242424232323232324242424232323232425
Feels °C (?)242624252525252524242525252526252526252525252626
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Esmeraldas

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Atacames (light winds from the WSW.(Wind varies from 210 to 280 degs) at Tumaco/la Florid 161 km from Atacames). 0.8m 5s windswell from the W with a 0.5m 9s swell from the NW and a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the WNW as well as a 0.3m 17s long period groundswell from the W. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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