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Rio Chico surfForecast / Manabi / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 11 Jan 2026 -05
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Rio Chico surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rio Chico sea temperature is
25.7° C
 (Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rio Chico today?

The current surf forecast for Rio Chico at 4AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

Table - waves today at Rio Chico. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
WNW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
NW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212111112121212111111101010101010101018181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1016887635947565535303029282725372020171630616161
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
W
5
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
WSW
15
WSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onglassglasscross-
on		crossglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		crossononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:51AM
1.72
10:05PM
1.87
10:58AM
1.65
11:03PM
1.78
12:08PM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:42AM
0.65
3:45PM
0.80
4:39AM
0.69
4:48PM
0.90
5:41AM
0.69
5:58PM
0.93
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise---6:24-------6:24-------6:24----
Sunset------6:37-------6:37-------6:37-
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------1-------
Temp. °C242323232424242424242423262625242423232325252524
Feels °C (?)272525252525252727272625282726262726262527272627
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