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La Mesita surfForecast / Manabi / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 -05
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La Mesita surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's La Mesita sea temperature is
26.7° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at La Mesita today?

The current surf forecast for La Mesita at 4AM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131416171616161616161616151514141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4446691081051029998121979594898582535380515147464544
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
0
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SW
15
W
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
SW
5
S
5
E
0
WNW
15
W
20
W
15
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassononononcross-
on
glassglassglassonononononglassglassonononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:36AM
2.84
5:48PM
2.85
6:24AM
2.76
6:37PM
2.70
7:17AM
2.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:20PM
-0.06
11:40AM
0.24
12:06AM
0.01
12:30PM
0.35
12:56AM
0.15
1:25PM
0.51
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise---6:18-------6:16-------6:16----
Sunset------6:22-------6:22-------6:22-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------1-------------
Temp. °C252524242728272625252424272626252525252426262625
Feels °C (?)293027273029283029292828312827272829292829272727
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