Estero del Plátano surfForecast / Esmeraldas / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 05 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
26.8° 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 2PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (05 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (05 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
N
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.1
SW
0.3
NNE
0.3
N
0.2
N
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.2
N
0.1
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)6131312126661855517165161111111112121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12134132126122121271275211102106361616166686869
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
5
SW
5
WNW
10
N
10
NE
5
ENE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
WSW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
ESE
5
SE
10
SSE
5
S
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
SW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:55AM
3.00
5:14PM
3.13
5:32AM
2.96
5:48PM
3.05
6:08AM
2.87
6:22PM
2.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:01AM
0.18
11:25PM
0.20
11:37AM
0.26
12:00AM
0.25
12:12PM
0.38
12:35AM
0.35
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise-6:28-------6:28-------6:28------
Sunset----6:34-------6:34-------6:34---
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light rain
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part cloud
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part cloud
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clear
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
--------11------1-------
Temp. °C242425262726252524242526262625252525252727262525
Feels °C (?)252628293029282927262829283029292928283029292929
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