El Pelado Surf Forecast

/ Guayas (24 surf breaks) /

Ecuador (61 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (2.61° S 80.47° W)

Surf Forecasts:

El Pelado surfForecast / Guayas / Ecuador

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 23 Aug 2025 -05

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El Pelado surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's El Pelado sea temperature is 22.5° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Pelado today?

The current surf forecast for El Pelado at 3PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 21s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-05) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s
Afternoon (23 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	14s
Evening (23 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	20s

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

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	Saturday 23					Sunday 24								Monday 25								Tuesday 26
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	21	7	20	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	274	285	295	337	343	448	539	597	608	554	743	716	804	801	529	470	464	395	379	304	234	235	230	185
Wind (km/h)	WNW	W	W	WSW	W	WNW	NW	NW	NW	W	W	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	W	W	W	W	WSW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				4:06PM 2.13				4:37AM 2.31				4:46PM 2.16				5:12AM 2.32				5:24PM 2.15				5:45AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)		10:11AM 0.40				10:20PM 0.17				10:49AM 0.33				10:57PM 0.18				11:25AM 0.30				11:32PM 0.24

	Saturday 23					Sunday 24								Monday 25								Tuesday 26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	21	19	19	19	19	19	21	22	21	20	19	19	19	19	20	21	20	20	19	19	19	19
Feels °C (?)	21	20	19	17	17	18	18	19	21	20	18	18	18	18	18	19	21	20	18	19	18	19	19	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Guayas

Wind Update Wind reports 71 km away suggest it is still onshore at El Pelado (light winds from the SW at Salinas/Gen Ulpi Airport). 1.0m 6s windswell from the SW with a 0.6m 14s groundswell from the WSW and a 0.5m 3s local chop from the W as well as a 0.2m 11s groundswell from the SW. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 13 minutes ago El Pelado

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