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La Chocolatera surfForecast / Guayas / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 -05
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La Chocolatera surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's La Chocolatera sea temperature is
26.1° C
 (Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at La Chocolatera today?

The current surf forecast for La Chocolatera at 4AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
1
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)121211161514141413131313121212121212171717161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)102132127144142214211153142142208202178175175175175144186186287257302291
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
S
10
W
15
W
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononononononononglasscross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:26AM
1.88
4:11PM
1.99
4:04AM
1.95
4:46PM
2.07
4:40AM
1.99
5:19PM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:33PM
0.65
9:47AM
0.27
10:11PM
0.58
10:23AM
0.22
10:48PM
0.52
10:57AM
0.19
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise---6:26-------6:26-------6:28----
Sunset------6:40-------6:40-------6:40-
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242424242424242424242424242425252424242424242525
Feels °C (?)252525262726262625262626262626262526262727262627
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