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San Mateo surfForecast / Manabi / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 19 Mar 2026 -05
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San Mateo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's San Mateo sea temperature is
27.3° C
 (Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at San Mateo today?

The current surf forecast for San Mateo at 5PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)17s
Afternoon (19 Mar)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (19 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

Table - waves today at San Mateo. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)161613161616151515151514141413131313131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1671652531291271511391371361361363052002721132151731091091092028012895
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
W
15
WSW
10
SW
5
S
0
WSW
0
E
5
NE
5
NW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
WNW
0
NW
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
NNW
0
N
0
WNW
0
W
0
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		glassglassglassglassononcross-
on		glassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:11PM
2.71
4:31AM
2.60
4:47PM
2.78
5:11AM
2.64
5:25PM
2.77
5:53AM
2.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:58AM
0.22
10:25PM
0.14
10:36AM
0.17
11:02PM
0.06
11:15AM
0.17
11:42PM
0.04
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-------6:26-------6:26-------6:26
Sunset--6:34-------6:34-------6:32-----
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1---111-------11-------
Temp. °C272727262525252626272726262525252627272626252525
Feels °C (?)312929292929293030292929302929282829292930292929
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