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San Pablo

Sand bottomBeginnerFaces NW · 318°Draft metadata

A very wide fishing-village beach on the north shore of the peninsula, with usually calm water and seafood cabañas right on the beach. It is popular with families, especially from Guayaquil. During swell events, especially northwest swell or big southwest spring-tide swells, the sea gets rough and the flags should be respected.

68Good

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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 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.

0.00.51.01.52.02.53.0000306091215182101:00 · 2.1007:15 · 0.6313:17 · 2.0219:27 · 0.45now
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.

Some disagreement: the day's peak ranges from 66 to 81 by model.

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MF-Wave · Météo-France · 8 km · split swell trains
80
78
77
78
78
81
GFS-Wave · NOAA · 25 km · split swell trains
68
67
66
68
67
69
ECMWF WAM · ECMWF · 25 km · total sea only
72
70
70
71
71
73

Hourly table · Wed 7

HourSurfBeachAt the breakSwell 1Swell 2WindTideRainWhy
00:00000.8 m0.5 m 10s NW0.3 m 12s SW11 SW g192.0 0.3Night time · Wind 11 km/h
01:00000.8 m0.5 m 10s NW0.3 m 12s SW13 SW g182.1 turning0.2Night time · Wind 13 km/h
02:00000.8 m0.5 m 9s NW0.3 m 12s SW13 S g232.0 0.2Night time · Wind 13 km/h
03:00000.8 m0.5 m 9s NW0.3 m 12s SW12 S g221.8 0.2Night time · Wind 12 km/h
04:00000.8 m0.5 m 9s NW0.3 m 12s SW11 S g211.4 0.1Night time · Wind 11 km/h
05:00000.8 m0.5 m 10s NW0.3 m 12s SW12 S g201.0 0.1Night time · Wind 12 km/h
06:0079750.8 m0.5 m 10s NW0.3 m 11s SW11 S g200.8 0.2Wind 11 km/h · Rain 0.2 mm
07:0071730.8 m0.5 m 10s NW0.3 m 11s SW14 SW g180.6 turning0.3Wind 14 km/h · Rain 0.3 mm
08:0075790.8 m0.5 m 10s NW0.3 m 11s SW10 SW g250.7 turning0.0Wind 10 km/h · No rain
09:0076800.8 m0.5 m 10s NW0.3 m 12s SW9 SW g210.9 0.0Wind 9 km/h · No rain
10:0071710.8 m0.5 m 10s NW0.3 m 12s SW10 SW g231.2 0.5Wind 10 km/h · 28 °C on the beach
11:0059630.8 m0.5 m 10s NW0.3 m 13s SW11 SW g261.6 1.1Wind 11 km/h · 28 °C on the beach
12:0053620.9 m0.5 m 10s NW0.3 m 14s SW15 SW g311.9 0.929 °C on the beach
13:0045670.9 m0.5 m 10s NW0.3 m 15s SW16 SW g332.0 turning0.3Rain 0.3 mm · 29 °C on the beach
14:0037640.9 m0.5 m 10s NW0.3 m 15s SW19 SW g372.0 turning0.3Rain 0.3 mm · 29 °C on the beach
15:0036630.9 m0.5 m 10s NW0.3 m 15s SW19 SW g371.8 0.3Rain 0.3 mm · 28 °C on the beach
16:0039650.9 m0.5 m 10s NW0.3 m 15s SW18 SW g371.4 0.2Rain 0.2 mm · 28 °C on the beach
17:0043680.9 m0.5 m 9s NW0.3 m 15s SW18 SW g351.0 0.1No rain · 27 °C on the beach
18:0039250.9 m0.5 m 9s NW0.3 m 14s SW17 SW g340.7 0.0No rain · 27 °C on the beach
19:00000.9 m0.5 m 9s NW0.3 m 15s SW14 SW g310.5 turning0.1Night time · Wind 14 km/h
20:00000.8 m0.4 m 10s W0.3 m 15s SW12 SW g240.5 turning1.2Night time · Wind 12 km/h
21:00000.7 m0.4 m 12s W0.3 m 17s SW13 SW g230.7 0.2Night time · ~0.7 m waves at the shore
22:00000.4 m0.4 m 13s SW0.3 m 18s SW14 SW g241.0 0.1Night time · Calm water at the shore
23:00000.5 m0.4 m 13s SW0.3 m 18s SW15 S g261.5 0.2Night time · Calm water at the shore

Field log

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Wed 7 · 17:00 · Forecast 68 (MF-Wave × Best match) · pick another hour in the map above
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Faces318° NW
Window from240° SW
Window to350° N
Ideal size min0.3 m
Ideal size max0.8 m
Best tide