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Escondido surfForecast / Manabi / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 18 Jan 2026 -05
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Escondido surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Escondido sea temperature is
26.5° C
 (Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Escondido today?

The current surf forecast for Escondido at 5PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
WNW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
NW
0.6
WNW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)161514141414141313181818181716161616161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)193186140140140167167178175157209152150142177175264264261322310477477597
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
N
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
on		onglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:04PM
2.29
4:01AM
2.30
4:39PM
2.39
4:38AM
2.35
5:13PM
2.47
5:15AM
2.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:43AM
0.34
10:04PM
0.62
10:19AM
0.27
10:41PM
0.56
10:54AM
0.23
11:18PM
0.50
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise-------6:28-------6:28-------6:28
Sunset--6:37-------6:38-------6:38-----
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-------------1---------
Temp. °C242526252525242426262725252524242526262626252525
Feels °C (?)262727262726252528282826272726272929282930282928
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