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San Mateo surfForecast / Manabi / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 11 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 1.5°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 4AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
WNW
0.6
SW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
SW
0.4
NW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121213111311111113191313131218181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14013299847171717143424441414028964644262549797979
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
WSW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
5
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:44AM
1.93
10:01PM
2.08
10:48AM
1.85
10:59PM
1.99
11:58AM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:36AM
0.69
3:42PM
0.84
4:33AM
0.75
4:43PM
0.95
5:35AM
0.76
5:50PM
0.99
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise---6:24-------6:26-------6:26----
Sunset------6:36-------6:36-------6:37-
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----1-------------------
Temp. °C242424242425252424242424262626252524242425252525
Feels °C (?)252525252626252526262626292627262726262627282626
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