Tortuga Bay surfForecast / Galapagos – Santa Cruz / Ecuador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 23 Mar 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
28.1° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tortuga Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tortuga Bay at 12PM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-06) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Afternoon (23 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (23 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)1118181813121216161612129101099101099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1141541541542251191171271731731741727610496991401431431171209595133
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
E
10
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
E
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:28AM
1.96
5:43PM
2.00
6:18AM
1.85
6:34PM
1.85
7:18AM
1.73
7:37PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:33AM
0.26
12:03AM
0.18
12:24PM
0.38
12:58AM
0.30
1:26PM
0.52
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise--6:03-------6:03-------6:03-----
Sunset-----6:10-------6:09-------6:09--
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C252527272827262625252728282726262525272828272625
Feels °C (?)282830293030293028283030303029302929313131303029
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