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El Mansito surfForecast / Guayas / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 29 Jan 2026 -05
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El Mansito surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Mansito sea temperature is
26.5° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Mansito today?

The current surf forecast for El Mansito at 1AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (30 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (30 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131313131313131313131212121212121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)401384308352295290286286286249245238321321321269220178175169169297223234
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SSW
0
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
W
10
SW
10
S
5
SW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglassglasscross-
on		onononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:58AM
1.96
1:59PM
2.00
2:04AM
2.05
2:56PM
2.16
3:01AM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:52PM
0.71
7:30AM
0.33
8:03PM
0.60
8:30AM
0.20
9:02PM
0.47
9:22AM
0.09
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise-----6:30-------6:30-------6:30--
Sunset6:42-------6:42-------6:42-------
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part cloud
light rain
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Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C262524242424262626252525242425272625252525252626
Feels °C (?)262626272626282525252627262728282626272727272927
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