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Salinas – San Lorenzo

Sand bottomBeginnerFaces N · 6°Draft metadata

Salinas' main beach in front of the malecón, in the north-facing bay: the busiest in high season, with a wide strip of sand and steady waves used for windsurfing and kitesurfing. It is livelier than Chipipe, and on big-swell or spring-tide (aguaje) days you should swim with caution.

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Good window · Sat 24

06:00–17:00

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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 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.

0.00.51.01.52.02.53.0000306091215182102:01 · 2.2008:24 · 0.4314:33 · 2.1320:33 · 0.49
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.

Models agree (daily peaks between 91 and 95).

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MF-Wave · Météo-France · 8 km · split swell trains
91
95
93
93
94
93
GFS-Wave · NOAA · 25 km · split swell trains
91
95
93
93
94
93
ECMWF WAM · ECMWF · 25 km · total sea only
91
95
93
93
94
93

Hourly table · Sat 24

HourSurfBeachAt the breakSwell 1Swell 2WindTideRainWhy
00:00000.0 m1.3 m 11s SW1.0 m 5s SW8 SW g201.8 0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
01:00000.0 m1.3 m 11s SW1.0 m 5s SW8 SW g212.1 0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
02:00000.0 m1.3 m 11s SW1.0 m 6s SW10 SW g222.2 turning0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
03:00000.0 m1.3 m 10s SW1.0 m 6s SW10 SW g252.1 0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
04:00000.0 m1.3 m 10s SW1.0 m 6s SW11 SW g251.8 0.1Night time · Calm water at the shore
05:00000.0 m1.3 m 10s SW1.0 m 6s SW12 SW g241.4 0.2Night time · Calm water at the shore
06:000870.0 m1.3 m 10s SW1.0 m 5s SW12 SW g241.0 0.1Calm water at the shore · Wind 12 km/h
07:000870.0 m1.3 m 10s SW1.0 m 6s SW13 SW g320.6 0.0Calm water at the shore · Wind 13 km/h
08:000880.0 m1.4 m 9s SW0.9 m 7s SW12 SW g320.5 turning0.1Calm water at the shore · Wind 12 km/h
09:000850.0 m1.4 m 9s SW0.7 m 9s SW12 SW g320.5 turning0.2Calm water at the shore · Wind 12 km/h
10:0010800.1 m1.5 m 9s SW0.5 m 10s W13 SW g340.7 0.4Calm water at the shore · Wind 13 km/h
11:0012810.1 m1.4 m 8s SW0.5 m 11s W13 SW g351.1 0.5Calm water at the shore · Wind 13 km/h
12:0021800.2 m1.4 m 9s SW0.5 m 11s W12 SW g341.5 0.4Calm water at the shore · Wind 12 km/h
13:0016860.2 m1.3 m 9s SW0.5 m 11s W12 W g341.9 0.1Calm water at the shore · Wind 12 km/h
14:0012880.2 m1.3 m 8s SW0.5 m 12s W14 W g382.1 turning0.0Calm water at the shore · No rain
15:0011900.1 m1.3 m 8s SW0.4 m 12s W15 W g392.1 turning0.0Calm water at the shore · No rain
16:0013910.1 m1.3 m 8s SW0.4 m 11s W14 W g401.9 0.0Calm water at the shore · No rain
17:0066870.4 m1.4 m 8s SW0.4 m 11s W12 W g361.6 0.0Calm water at the shore · Wind 12 km/h
18:0065300.5 m1.4 m 8s SW0.4 m 10s W10 SW g321.1 0.0Calm water at the shore · Wind 10 km/h
19:00000.5 m1.4 m 8s SW0.3 m 10s NW9 SW g260.8 0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
20:00000.5 m1.4 m 8s SW0.3 m 10s NW9 SW g240.5 turning0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
21:00000.4 m1.3 m 8s SW0.3 m 11s NW8 SW g220.5 turning0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
22:00000.4 m1.3 m 8s SW0.2 m 11s NW7 S g200.7 0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore
23:00000.4 m1.3 m 8s SW0.2 m 11s NW8 S g201.1 0.0Night time · Calm water at the shore

Field log

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Sat 24 · 16:00 · Forecast 91 (MF-Wave × Best match) · pick another hour in the map above
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Faces6° N
Window from290° W
Window to20° N
Ideal size min0.3 m
Ideal size max0.8 m
Best tide