Rio Chico surfForecast / Manabi / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 -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
23.8° C
(Which is 2.5°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: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
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Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313121212121212121212121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)416404398342290286282277238223178175175175172172172167106106137108106103
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:26PM
1.89
2:06AM
2.09
2:19PM
2.01
2:49AM
2.20
3:02PM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:26AM
0.69
7:43PM
0.45
8:19AM
0.56
8:30PM
0.37
9:01AM
0.44
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise---6:13-------6:13-------6:13----
Sunset------6:20-------6:20-------6:19-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212121212223232121212121222423212121212124232322
Feels °C (?)232222222323242222222223232424232322222326242423
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Manabi

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 81 km away suggest it is still onshore at Rio Chico (moderate winds from the SW at Manta/Eloy Alfaro International Airport). 1.2m 14s groundswell from the SW with a 0.6m 5s windswell, also from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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