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Machalilla

Sand bottomBeginnerFaces NW · 303°Draft metadata

Crescent bay in front of the village of Machalilla, which has an artisanal fishing port, a few minutes from Los Frailes and other sights of Machalilla National Park. It suits a quiet beach day more than surfing; the headland to the south-west gives it some shelter from south swell.

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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 7

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.

0.00.51.01.52.02.53.0000306091215182100:56 · 2.3907:13 · 0.6713:16 · 2.3319:30 · 0.51now
INOCAR (official prediction)Open-Meteo (model)m above MLWS

Do the models agree? · Wed 7

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 88 and 99).

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MF-Wave · Météo-France · 8 km · split swell trains
89
89
88
89
89
89
GFS-Wave · NOAA · 25 km · split swell trains
99
99
98
99
99
99
ECMWF WAM · ECMWF · 25 km · total sea only
99
99
98
99
99
99

Hourly table · Wed 7

HourSurfBeachAt the breakSwell 1Swell 2WindTideRainWhy
00:00000.8 m0.5 m 10s NW0.3 m 11s SW9 S g222.3 1.1Night time · Wind 9 km/h
01:00000.8 m0.5 m 10s NW0.3 m 11s SW11 S g182.4 turning1.0Night time · Wind 11 km/h
02:00000.8 m0.5 m 9s NW0.3 m 11s SW10 S g202.3 0.3Night time · Wind 10 km/h
03:00000.8 m0.5 m 9s NW0.3 m 11s SW7 S g182.0 0.4Night time · Wind 7 km/h
04:00000.8 m0.5 m 9s NW0.3 m 11s SW7 S g151.6 0.3Night time · Wind 7 km/h
05:00000.8 m0.5 m 9s NW0.3 m 11s SW9 S g161.1 0.2Night time · Wind 9 km/h
06:0080800.8 m0.4 m 9s NW0.3 m 11s SW8 S g170.8 0.1Wind 8 km/h · No rain
07:0080860.8 m0.4 m 9s NW0.3 m 11s SW9 S g180.7 turning0.0Wind 9 km/h · No rain
08:0080890.8 m0.4 m 9s NW0.3 m 11s SW9 S g200.7 0.0Wind 9 km/h · No rain
09:0074850.7 m0.4 m 9s NW0.3 m 11s SW8 SW g191.0 0.2~0.7 m waves at the shore · Wind 8 km/h
10:0053810.7 m0.4 m 9s NW0.3 m 11s SW12 SW g261.4 0.3~0.7 m waves at the shore · Wind 12 km/h
11:0039750.7 m0.4 m 9s NW0.3 m 12s SW16 SW g351.8 0.2~0.7 m waves at the shore · Rain 0.2 mm
12:0034700.7 m0.4 m 9s NW0.3 m 13s SW19 SW g392.1 0.4~0.7 m waves at the shore · Rain 0.4 mm
13:0032650.7 m0.4 m 9s NW0.3 m 14s SW19 SW g402.3 turning0.5~0.7 m waves at the shore · 28 °C on the beach
14:0031640.8 m0.4 m 9s NW0.3 m 14s SW20 SW g402.3 0.5~0.8 m waves at the shore · 28 °C on the beach
15:0035670.8 m0.4 m 10s NW0.3 m 13s SW19 SW g412.0 0.2Rain 0.2 mm · 28 °C on the beach
16:0039670.8 m0.4 m 11s NW0.3 m 12s SW18 SW g401.6 0.3Rain 0.3 mm · 27 °C on the beach
17:0043680.8 m0.4 m 11s NW0.3 m 12s SW18 SW g361.2 0.3Rain 0.3 mm · 27 °C on the beach
18:0046260.8 m0.4 m 11s NW0.3 m 12s SW14 SW g360.8 0.1No rain · 27 °C on the beach
19:00000.8 m0.4 m 10s NW0.3 m 12s SW12 SW g260.5 turning0.2Night time · Wind 12 km/h
20:00000.8 m0.4 m 10s NW0.4 m 12s SW11 S g240.5 turning0.2Night time · Wind 11 km/h
21:00000.8 m0.4 m 10s NW0.4 m 11s SW10 S g220.8 0.1Night time · Wind 10 km/h
22:00000.8 m0.4 m 10s NW0.4 m 11s SW10 S g211.2 0.2Night time · Wind 10 km/h
23:00000.8 m0.4 m 10s NW0.4 m 10s SW12 S g231.7 0.4Night time · Wind 12 km/h

Field log

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Wed 7 · 10:00 · Forecast 81 (MF-Wave × Best match) · pick another hour in the map above
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Faces303° NW
Window from260° W
Window to340° N
Ideal size min0.3 m
Ideal size max0.8 m
Best tide