Palmas Grandes Surf Forecast

/ Galapagos – Santa Cruz (4 surf breaks) /

Ecuador (61 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Palmas Grandes surfForecast / Galapagos – Santa Cruz / Ecuador

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 12 Sep 2025 -06

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Palmas Grandes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Palmas Grandes sea temperature is 18.0° C
(Which is 2.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Palmas Grandes today?

The current surf forecast for Palmas Grandes at 5PM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 24s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-06) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	14s
Afternoon (12 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	14s
Evening (12 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	14s

Table - waves today at Palmas Grandes. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Friday 12					Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	614	606	581	548	532	486	486	493	418	550	856	1033	1288	1603	1645	2072	1729	2110	2282	2058	2033	1750	1706	1469
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)				5:56PM 1.75					6:12AM 1.79				6:53PM 1.63				7:09AM 1.63				8:02PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		11:44AM 0.14					12:01AM 0.32				12:36PM 0.24				12:58AM 0.45				1:38PM 0.36				2:10AM 0.57

	Friday 12					Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18
Feels °C (?)	18	19	17	17	18	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	18	18	19	17	18	17	16	18	18	19	18	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Galapagos - Santa Cruz

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Palmas Grandes (calm at Puerto Ayora 26 km from Palmas Grandes). 0.8m 12s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.7m 10s swell from the S and a 0.6m 3s local chop, also from the S as well as a 0.3m 9s swell, also from the S. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 29 minutes ago Palmas Grandes

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