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Estero del Plátano surfForecast / Esmeraldas / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 29 Jan 2026 -05
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Estero del Plátano surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Estero del Plátano sea temperature is
27.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Estero del Plátano today?

The current surf forecast for Estero del Plátano at 9PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)--
Afternoon (29 Jan)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (29 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

Table - waves today at Estero del Plátano. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
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)
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NW
0.6
SW
0.8
NW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1
N
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
Period(s) (?)1214111414713131310101313137713131313131099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)178167164162153108144142140616013813613456428785694468343129
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
0
ENE
5
S
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscross-
on		glassglasscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:48AM
2.61
1:40PM
2.57
1:55AM
2.73
2:41PM
2.76
2:54AM
2.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:33PM
0.82
7:17AM
0.48
7:45PM
0.69
8:19AM
0.32
8:46PM
0.54
9:13AM
0.17
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise-----6:31-------6:31-------6:31--
Sunset6:36-------6:36-------6:36-------
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
3----11-11---121-12712131110
Temp. °C242525252425242525252525242424242424232323232322
Feels °C (?)262727272628272927282829282727272728272626262523
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