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Tortuga Bay surfForecast / Galapagos – Santa Cruz / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 31 Jan 2026 -06
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Tortuga Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tortuga Bay sea temperature is
25.0° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tortuga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tortuga Bay at 11PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-06) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)--
Afternoon (31 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

Table - waves today at Tortuga Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212141412121313131312121212121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)213213164356351217224231235235186145142109109111111109777047474748
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
5
SSE
0
ENE
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
ENE
5
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
E
5
E
10
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		glassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:40PM
1.91
1:50AM
1.95
2:30PM
2.03
2:40AM
2.02
3:15PM
2.13
3:25AM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:45PM
0.34
8:09AM
0.07
8:37PM
0.25
8:55AM
0.01
9:23PM
0.19
9:38AM
0.00
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise------6:09-------6:09-------6:09-
Sunset-6:19-------6:19-------6:19------
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262625242423252626252525242426262625252424242526
Feels °C (?)262828272725272728282929282729282726282727272727
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