Punta Ballena surf break

Punta Ballena surfForecast / Manabi / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 17 Mar 2026 -05
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Punta Ballena surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Punta Ballena sea temperature is
27.2° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Punta Ballena today?

The current surf forecast for Punta Ballena at 2AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (18 Mar)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (18 Mar)2ft (0.6m)14s

Table - waves today at Punta Ballena. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141414141414141417131316161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)208206160155151149151162169100130130128979289878787169133125123123
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
E
5
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
0
NNE
0
N
5
NE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
W
0
NNW
0
SSW
0
NNE
0
N
5
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscrossononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:58PM
2.68
3:12AM
2.65
3:34PM
2.87
3:51AM
2.80
4:09PM
3.02
4:30AM
2.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:08PM
0.51
9:20AM
0.35
9:46PM
0.31
9:57AM
0.24
10:23PM
0.15
10:35AM
0.17
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise-----6:26-------6:24-------6:24--
Sunset6:32-------6:31-------6:31-------
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thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
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part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
Rain (mm)
----1-------------------
Temp. °C272626252525262727262625252526272726252525252627
Feels °C (?)292931292929303030303030302930302929293029293030
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