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Rio Chico surfForecast / Manabi / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 15 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 1.6°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 3PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
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
0
1
1
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.7
SW
0.5
WNW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)111010101413131313132020131313181818181712161212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)787269716611310961597997100100103124178178178121170151149114100
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
5
S
10
S
5
S
5
SW
5
SW
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
10
SW
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		glasscrosscross-
on		glassoncross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:07PM
1.77
1:58AM
1.83
2:52PM
1.87
2:44AM
1.91
3:32PM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:39AM
0.57
8:01PM
0.83
8:26AM
0.48
8:49PM
0.75
9:08AM
0.38
9:30PM
0.67
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise-6:26-------6:26-------6:26------
Sunset----6:37-------6:38-------6:38---
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clear
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242425262524242424242625252424242424252626252525
Feels °C (?)252626272627272627272927272727272727282828282828
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