Estero del Plátano surfForecast / Esmeraldas / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 03 Mar 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
27.4° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Estero del Plátano today?

The current surf forecast for Estero del Plátano at 10AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (03 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (03 Mar)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.2
WNW
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.1
SW
0.3
N
Period(s) (?)15151514141414141414776615661313121212185
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26926225530524824829729328421873553827212525134132126122118127
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
E
10
SE
10
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
15
W
10
WNW
5
W
0
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:33AM
2.90
4:00PM
3.07
4:16AM
2.98
4:38PM
3.14
4:55AM
3.00
5:14PM
3.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:44AM
0.20
10:10PM
0.27
10:23AM
0.16
10:48PM
0.21
11:01AM
0.18
11:25PM
0.20
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise-6:28-------6:28-------6:28------
Sunset----6:35-------6:35-------6:34---
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--21--------------------
Temp. °C262525262625252525242526262525252524252727262625
Feels °C (?)292827282727272929272829282728272726273029293029
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