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Rio Chico surfForecast / Manabi / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 13 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
25.8° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 11AM is: 0.2m 18s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)18s
Afternoon (13 Jan)1ft (0.3m)18s
Evening (13 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)18s

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

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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)101018181818181313121616121211111110101014131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17163061616130444050646496908481787269716611310961
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
SW
5
SW
0
SW
0
SSW
5
S
5
S
10
SSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
SW
5
S
5
SSE
5
S
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		ononononglasscrosscrossglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:08PM
1.64
12:06AM
1.75
1:13PM
1.69
1:06AM
1.77
2:07PM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:41AM
0.69
5:58PM
0.93
6:43AM
0.65
7:05PM
0.90
7:39AM
0.57
8:01PM
0.83
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise-6:24-------6:24-------6:26------
Sunset----6:37-------6:37-------6:37---
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cloud
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part cloud
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light rain
rain showers
part cloud
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cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------11-------132-----
Temp. °C232324242524242423232525242424242323232323232423
Feels °C (?)252526262727282827262726252727272626262625252725
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