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Ballenita

Sand bottomBeginnerFaces NW · 333°Draft metadata

A 1.6 km beach with a rocky stretch forming a small cove below the clifftop boardwalk and viewpoint; in beach season (January to May) the water is usually calm for swimming. At high tide the beach almost disappears, so go at low or mid tide and enter the water with care.

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Meteogram

Score, swells, period, wind (arrows: green offshore, amber cross, red onshore) and tide on one time axis. Tap to pick the hour.

Tide · Wed 21

INOCAR La Libertad (INO071). The dashed line is Open-Meteo's modelled tide at the wave point, shifted to the same datum (MLWS). If they disagree, trust INOCAR.

0.00.51.01.52.02.5000306091215182106:06 · 0.8812:04 · 1.6918:13 · 0.73now
INOCAR (official prediction)Open-Meteo (model)m above MLWS

Do the models agree? · Wed 21

The same day scored with every model combo. When rows disagree, the forecast is uncertain; your field log will tell which one is right near the coast.

Models agree (daily peaks between 92 and 93).

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MF-Wave · Météo-France · 8 km · split swell trains
92
92
92
92
92
93
GFS-Wave · NOAA · 25 km · split swell trains
92
92
92
92
92
93
ECMWF WAM · ECMWF · 25 km · total sea only
92
92
92
92
92
93

Hourly table · Wed 21

HourSurfBeachAt the breakSwell 1Swell 2WindTideRainWhy
00:00000.3 m0.7 m 10s SW0.5 m 14s W9 S g221.8 turning0.4Night time · Calm water at the shore
01:00000.3 m0.7 m 10s SW0.5 m 14s W10 S g191.7 turning0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
02:00000.0 m0.7 m 10s SW0.5 m 14s SW10 SW g191.5 0.1Night time · Calm water at the shore
03:00000.0 m0.7 m 10s SW0.5 m 15s SW10 SW g201.3 0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
04:00000.0 m0.7 m 10s SW0.5 m 15s SW12 SW g231.1 0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
05:00000.0 m0.7 m 10s SW0.5 m 14s SW12 SW g270.9 turning0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
06:000900.0 m0.7 m 11s SW0.5 m 13s SW10 SW g230.9 turning0.0Calm water at the shore · Wind 10 km/h
07:000920.0 m0.7 m 12s SW0.5 m 12s SW9 SW g210.9 turning0.0Calm water at the shore · Wind 9 km/h
08:000860.0 m0.7 m 12s SW0.5 m 12s SW9 SW g251.1 0.2Calm water at the shore · Wind 9 km/h
09:000900.0 m0.7 m 12s SW0.5 m 13s SW9 SW g261.2 0.0Calm water at the shore · Wind 9 km/h
10:000890.0 m0.8 m 12s SW0.5 m 13s SW8 SW g251.4 0.1Calm water at the shore · Wind 8 km/h
11:000830.0 m0.8 m 12s SW0.5 m 12s SW10 W g281.6 turning0.3Calm water at the shore · Wind 10 km/h
12:000870.0 m0.9 m 12s SW0.5 m 10s SW13 W g361.7 turning0.0Calm water at the shore · Wind 13 km/h
13:000880.1 m0.9 m 12s SW0.5 m 9s SW12 W g361.6 turning0.0Calm water at the shore · Wind 12 km/h
14:000870.0 m0.9 m 12s SW0.5 m 9s SW12 W g351.5 0.0Calm water at the shore · Wind 12 km/h
15:000880.0 m0.9 m 12s SW0.4 m 10s W10 W g351.3 0.0Calm water at the shore · Wind 10 km/h
16:0066880.6 m0.9 m 12s SW0.4 m 11s W6 W g281.0 0.0Calm water at the shore · Wind 6 km/h
17:0063880.6 m0.9 m 12s SW0.4 m 11s W3 W g200.8 0.0Calm water at the shore · Wind 3 km/h
18:0045310.5 m0.9 m 12s SW0.4 m 11s W4 NW g150.7 turning0.0Calm water at the shore · Wind 4 km/h
19:00000.5 m0.9 m 12s SW0.4 m 11s W4 SW g140.8 turning0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
20:00000.6 m0.9 m 12s SW0.4 m 11s W4 SW g130.9 0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
21:00000.6 m0.9 m 12s SW0.4 m 11s W4 SW g131.2 0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
22:00000.6 m0.9 m 12s SW0.4 m 10s W7 SW g181.5 0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
23:00000.6 m1.0 m 11s SW0.4 m 10s W8 W g201.7 0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore

Field log

Log what you actually saw (or what surfers reported). We store what every model said for that hour, to measure which one tracks reality.

Wed 21 · 15:00 · Forecast 88 (MF-Wave × Best match) · pick another hour in the map above
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Faces333° NW
Window from280° W
Window to20° N
Ideal size min0.3 m
Ideal size max0.8 m
Best tide