Ecuador Pacific · Wednesday, Sep 23

Mompiche

Updated Tue, Sep 22, 7:10 PM GMT-5

When to go

9:00 AM–11:00 AM

Looks good · Low confidence

2.0–2.0 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Wind: 4.1 kt · direction unavailable

Forecast details

Light wind should keep the water smoother.

Other wind windows

Plan around the wind

The best available upcoming daylight wind sample to compare with the wave evidence. This compares wind only; wave size, tide suitability, and hazards can change your choice.

7:00 AM–9:00 AM · America/Guayaquil
Light wind · up to 3.5 kt · reported gusts up to 10.3 kt
Offshore waves: 2.0–2.1 ft across the period. Surf height unavailable. Tide data unavailable.
Wind source time: Sep 22, 6:30 PM GMT-5. This is not the model run issue time.

How these periods are chosen

The planner prefers three consecutive hourly samples covering two daylight hours, but retains shorter one- or two-sample evidence when that is all the forecast provides. Light wind means at most 6 kt. Moderate offshore means at most 12 kt from land toward the sea when shore orientation is verified. Strong wind or known gusts of 20 kt or more remain visible as cautions instead of making the entire comparison disappear. These are comparison labels, not locally tested surf-quality or safety ratings. Missing gusts remain unknown. Terrain shelter, currents, closures, and your ability are not assessed.

Forecast confidence

Returned marine grid point is 4.3 km from the mapped spot. Provider grid resolution is not established for this response.
Reference model hour: 13 hours from now; historical residuals do not measure forecast lead-time error.
No accepted local model for these inputs: missing history, unsupported direction/period/height, or failed historical validation.
Tide unavailable: assessment incomplete, especially at shallow reef breaks.
A mapped coordinate does not establish nearshore grid resolution or terrain/shelter accuracy.

Wind SE 3.5 kt

Tide Unavailable

Wave, wind and tide details

Offshore model swellSW 1.4 ft @ 13sValid 2026-09-23 08:00 · America/GuayaquilMarine grid 0.5417, -80.0417 · offshore model, not a local measurement

Offshore model sea2.1 ft @ 10.5sSignificant wave height including wind waves and swell; not breaking surfValid 2026-09-23 08:00 · America/Guayaquil

Model windSE 3.5 ktoffshoreValid 2026-09-23 08:00 · America/Guayaquil3.5 kt offshore component

TideUnavailableunavailableNo verified local tide station connected; no tide height estimated

Surf height unavailable. Coastal and offshore waves are not breaking-wave heights.

Surf and wind

Recommended window: No recommended window

Breaking surf is not reliably resolved. Hourly offshore swell and wind inputs are listed below.

Hourly forecast

Hourly surf forecast for Mompiche
Time	Wind	Tide	Offshore swell
12 AM	ESE 4.4 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 13s
1 AM	SE 3.2 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 13s
2 AM	SE 3 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 13s
3 AM	ESE 2.6 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 13s
4 AM	ESE 2.6 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 13s
5 AM	SE 1.4 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 13s
6 AM	ESE 1.4 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 13s
7 AM	SE 3.5 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 13s
8 AM	SE 3.5 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 13s
9 AM	SSE 3 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 13s
10 AM	S 3.2 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 13s
11 AM	SW 4.1 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 13s
Noon	SW 5.8 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 12s
1 PM	WSW 6.9 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 12s
2 PM	WSW 7.1 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 12s
3 PM	WSW 7.5 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 12s
4 PM	SW 7.7 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 12s
5 PM	SW 7.2 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 12s
6 PM	SSW 5.8 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 12s
7 PM	SSW 5.1 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 12s
8 PM	S 5.4 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SW 1.4 ft @ 10s
9 PM	S 4.4 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	WSW 1.4 ft @ 7s
10 PM	S 3.7 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	WSW 1.4 ft @ 5s
11 PM	SSE 3 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	WSW 1.5 ft @ 4s

12 AMUnavailable

WindESE 4.4 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 13s

1 AMUnavailable

WindSE 3.2 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 13s

2 AMUnavailable

WindSE 3 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 13s

3 AMUnavailable

WindESE 2.6 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 13s

4 AMUnavailable

WindESE 2.6 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 13s

5 AMUnavailable

WindSE 1.4 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 13s

6 AMUnavailable

WindESE 1.4 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 13s

7 AMUnavailable

WindSE 3.5 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 13s

8 AMUnavailable

WindSE 3.5 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 13s

9 AMUnavailable

WindSSE 3 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 13s

10 AMUnavailable

WindS 3.2 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 13s

11 AMUnavailable

WindSW 4.1 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 13s

NoonUnavailable

WindSW 5.8 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 12s

1 PMUnavailable

WindWSW 6.9 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 12s

2 PMUnavailable

WindWSW 7.1 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 12s

3 PMUnavailable

WindWSW 7.5 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 12s

4 PMUnavailable

WindSW 7.7 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 12s

5 PMUnavailable

WindSW 7.2 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 12s

6 PMUnavailable

WindSSW 5.8 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 12s

7 PMUnavailable

WindSSW 5.1 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 12s

8 PMUnavailable

WindS 5.4 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSW 1.4 ft @ 10s

9 PMUnavailable

WindS 4.4 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWSW 1.4 ft @ 7s

10 PMUnavailable

WindS 3.7 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWSW 1.4 ft @ 5s

11 PMUnavailable

WindSSE 3 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellWSW 1.5 ft @ 4s

Tide

Local tide station unavailable

Tide predictions are unavailable for this period.

About this spot

Model-grid forecast requested at the mapped coordinate; reef, headland, and nearshore transformations are unresolved. Point break. Mompiche named-break page reports northwest swell and southeast offshore wind; orientation reviewed at 315 degrees.

Mapped spot coordinate: 0.5062, -80.027.

Mainland South America · Esmeraldas mainland northwest-facing Pacific point coast · Ocean-facing bearing 315° · Location provenance

Model request point: Mompiche (0.5062, -80.027). Model output times describe valid conditions; the provider does not expose the model run issue time in this response.

Forecast sources

Data coverage 2/6 sources

Source availability is not forecast accuracy. Where an empirical model passes historical testing, its error and interval coverage are shown above. Source count cannot increase that confidence.

Coverage tier D · MODEL_FIRST_AMERICAS · spot-level model point

National or regional meteorological marine bulletin
INOCAR publishes a current dated coastal-wave bulletin, but its forecast table is image-only and has no verified machine-readable response for zone, metres, period, issue time, and validity; no regional number is presented as parsed current evidence.UnavailableNo source time
The Buoy API
No current same-exposure mainland Ecuador wave observation with verified station identity, coordinates, units, timestamp, update frequency, and individual spot assignment is connected.UnavailableNo source time
WorldTides API
INOCAR tide products were inventoried, but no live response with verified station identity, distance, datum, timezone, update frequency, and individual spot assignment is connected.UnavailableNo source time
Open-Meteo Marine API
1 of 1 configured model points availableCurrentSep 22, 6:30 PM GMT-5
Open-Meteo Weather API
1 of 1 configured model points availableCurrentSep 22, 6:30 PM GMT-5
Copernicus Marine Global Ocean Waves
Copernicus Marine requires an account/toolbox workflow and no independently connected response is available.UnavailableNo source time
Surf-Forecast public pages
Spot discovery and break-specific HTML fallbackNot applicableNo source time
Surfline public spot pages
Break-specific comparison, cams, and metadataNot applicableNo source time

How best guesses are made

Best guesses combine usable wave and wind evidence, with qualitative confidence and specific limitations. A missing tide or local surf-height model does not prevent useful guidance. Tide levels use the named station datum; their effect at this break remains uncertain. Wind direction is relative to the mapped beach orientation, without calibrated terrain or shelter effects. The comparison is a heuristic, not a measured quality rating.