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San Mateo surfForecast / Manabi / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 15 Jan 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
25.9° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 7PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
NW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.6
SW
0.5
NW
0.6
WNW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
Period(s) (?)101014141313132020201318181818181817161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)82739791142858497149149128162211252252209207224268208208206203198
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
10
S
5
SW
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglasscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:58PM
1.95
1:55AM
2.04
2:45PM
2.05
2:41AM
2.13
3:26PM
2.17
3:23AM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:33AM
0.65
7:53PM
0.89
8:21AM
0.54
8:41PM
0.80
9:04AM
0.44
9:24PM
0.71
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-------6:26-------6:28-------6:28
Sunset--6:37-------6:37-------6:37-----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262726252525242425262625252524242626262525252525
Feels °C (?)262625252728262628282727282726262827272627272727
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