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Las Gilces

Sand bottomBeginnerFaces W · 283°Draft metadata

Quiet beach of the Las Gilces fishing comuna, just north of Crucita beside the Portoviejo River estuary (La Boca mangroves), with seafront seafood eateries and an environmental interpretation centre. A calmer alternative to Crucita, good for resting and watching mangrove birds.

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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 · Sat 24

INOCAR Manta (INO379). The dashed line is Open-Meteo's modelled tide at the wave point, shifted to the same datum (MLWS). If they disagree, trust INOCAR.

0.00.51.01.52.02.53.03.5000306091215182102:01 · 2.5308:20 · 0.5114:30 · 2.4420:30 · 0.56now
INOCAR (official prediction)Open-Meteo (model)m above MLWS

Do the models agree? · Sat 24

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.

Strong disagreement: the day's peak ranges from 63 to 95. Treat the forecast as uncertain.

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MF-Wave · Météo-France · 8 km · split swell trains
95
93
95
95
95
95
GFS-Wave · NOAA · 25 km · split swell trains
76
75
76
76
76
76
ECMWF WAM · ECMWF · 25 km · total sea only
63
63
64
64
64
64

Hourly table · Sat 24

HourSurfBeachAt the breakSwell 1Swell 2WindTideRainWhy
00:00000.6 m0.3 m 9s SW0.2 m 13s SW4 SW g112.1 0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
01:00000.6 m0.3 m 9s SW0.2 m 13s SW6 S g112.4 0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
02:00000.6 m0.3 m 9s SW0.2 m 13s SW6 S g122.5 turning0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
03:00000.6 m0.3 m 9s SW0.2 m 12s SW6 S g122.4 0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
04:00000.6 m0.3 m 9s SW0.2 m 11s SW4 S g112.1 0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
05:00000.6 m0.3 m 10s SW0.2 m 11s SW3 S g81.6 0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
06:0088880.6 m0.3 m 11s SW0.2 m 10s SW2 S g61.1 0.0Calm water at the shore · Wind 2 km/h
07:0089930.6 m0.3 m 12s SW0.2 m 10s SW4 S g110.7 0.0Calm water at the shore · Wind 4 km/h
08:0085900.6 m0.3 m 11s SW0.2 m 11s SW6 S g180.5 turning0.0Calm water at the shore · Wind 6 km/h
09:0084900.5 m0.3 m 10s SW0.2 m 12s SW5 SW g190.6 0.0Calm water at the shore · Wind 5 km/h
10:0068950.5 m0.3 m 9s SW0.2 m 13s SW7 NW g210.8 0.0Calm water at the shore · Wind 7 km/h
11:0045820.5 m0.3 m 9s SW0.2 m 13s SW13 NW g311.3 0.2Calm water at the shore · Wind 13 km/h
12:0031840.6 m0.3 m 10s SW0.2 m 13s SW16 NW g381.8 0.1Calm water at the shore · No rain
13:0023790.6 m0.3 m 10s SW0.2 m 12s SW19 NW g432.2 0.0~0.6 m waves at the shore · No rain
14:0018710.6 m0.3 m 10s SW0.2 m 12s SW21 NW g482.4 turning0.0Wind 21 km/h · ~0.6 m waves at the shore
15:0023730.6 m0.3 m 10s SW0.2 m 12s SW19 NW g482.4 turning0.0~0.6 m waves at the shore · No rain
16:0027770.6 m0.3 m 10s SW0.2 m 12s SW16 NW g422.2 0.0~0.6 m waves at the shore · No rain
17:0032790.6 m0.3 m 9s SW0.2 m 12s SW15 NW g361.8 0.0~0.6 m waves at the shore · No rain
18:0032280.6 m0.3 m 8s SW0.2 m 11s SW14 NW g321.3 0.0~0.6 m waves at the shore · Wind 14 km/h
19:00000.7 m0.3 m 8s SW0.3 m 11s SW10 NW g270.8 0.0Night time · ~0.7 m waves at the shore
20:00000.6 m0.3 m 8s SW0.3 m 11s SW6 NW g200.6 turning0.0Night time · ~0.6 m waves at the shore
21:00000.7 m0.3 m 8s SW0.3 m 10s SW3 W g120.6 turning0.0Night time · ~0.7 m waves at the shore
22:00000.6 m0.3 m 8s SW0.3 m 10s SW2 SW g50.8 0.0Night time · ~0.6 m waves at the shore
23:00000.6 m0.3 m 8s SW0.3 m 10s SW2 S g51.3 0.0Night time · ~0.6 m waves at the shore

Field log

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Sat 24 · 10:00 · Forecast 95 (MF-Wave × Best match) · pick another hour in the map above
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Faces283° W
Window from235° SW
Window to355° N
Ideal size min0.3 m
Ideal size max0.8 m
Best tide