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Los Capaes surfForecast / Guayas / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 23 Jan 2026 -05
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Los Capaes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Los Capaes sea temperature is
25.8° C
 (Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Los Capaes today?

The current surf forecast for Los Capaes at 9AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (23 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (23 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s

Table - waves today at Los Capaes. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
WNW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131416121213131313131313121212141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)235235277231167147114221239286286199235231265178175139143145401384299290
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNW
5
SE
10
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
S
15
WSW
20
W
15
W
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:33AM
2.00
7:01PM
2.21
7:16AM
1.95
7:40PM
2.16
8:05AM
1.87
8:25PM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:41PM
0.30
1:17AM
0.42
1:20PM
0.40
2:02AM
0.43
2:05PM
0.50
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
Sunrise-6:28-------6:28-------6:28------
Sunset----6:40-------6:42-------6:42---
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part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242426252524242424242525252424242423242525242423
Feels °C (?)272728262625262727262826252526272725262626252625
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