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Playa Prieta

Machalilla, Ecuador

Rock

Right now

Conditions at 5:00 PM Ecuador Time.

Fair

Ankle-high (0.4 m) at 6 s, heading toward NE, with moderate cross-offshore wind toward ENE.

Swell

0.4 m

6 s

Wind

12 km/h

ENE

Cross-offshore

Tide

1.1 m

Rising

Weather

26 °C

Overcast

28 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Time	Rating	Swell	Swell direction	Wind	Wind direction	Tide	Weather
12 AM	Fair	0.6 m · 4 s	NE	6 km/h · 13 km/h gusts	NNW Offshore	1.3 m	Overcast · 24 °C
1 AM	Fair	0.6 m · 4 s	NE	9 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	N Offshore	1.1 m	Overcast · 25 °C
2 AM	Fair	0.5 m · 4 s	NE	7 km/h · 17 km/h gusts	N Offshore	1 m	Overcast · 25 °C
3 AM	Fair	0.5 m · 4 s	NE	6 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	1.1 m	Overcast · 25 °C
4 AM	Fair	0.5 m · 4 s	NE	6 km/h · 11 km/h gusts	N Offshore	1.2 m	Overcast · 25 °C
5 AM	Fair	0.5 m · 4 s	NE	6 km/h · 11 km/h gusts	N Offshore	1.3 m	Overcast · 25 °C
6 AM	Fair	0.5 m · 4 s	NE	7 km/h · 13 km/h gusts	NNW Offshore	1.6 m	Overcast · 25 °C
7 AM	Fair	0.5 m · 4 s	NE	8 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	NNW Offshore	1.7 m	Overcast · 25 °C
8 AM	Fair	0.5 m · 4 s	NE	6 km/h · 16 km/h gusts	NNW Offshore	1.8 m	Overcast · 25 °C
9 AM	Fair	0.5 m · 4 s	NE	5 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	1.8 m	Overcast · 27 °C
10 AM	Fair	0.5 m · 4 s	NE	7 km/h · 17 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.7 m	Light drizzle · 27 °C
11 AM	Fair	0.5 m · 5 s	NE	10 km/h · 23 km/h gusts	E Offshore	1.5 m	Light drizzle · 27 °C
12 PM	Fair	0.5 m · 6 s	NE	11 km/h · 26 km/h gusts	E Offshore	1.3 m	Overcast · 27 °C
1 PM	Fair	0.5 m · 6 s	NE	14 km/h · 30 km/h gusts	E Offshore	1.1 m	Overcast · 27 °C
2 PM	Fair	0.5 m · 7 s	NE	15 km/h · 33 km/h gusts	E Offshore	1 m	Partly cloudy · 27 °C
3 PM	Fair	0.4 m · 6 s	NE	16 km/h · 34 km/h gusts	E Offshore	0.9 m	Partly cloudy · 27 °C
4 PM	Fair	0.4 m · 6 s	NE	14 km/h · 34 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1 m	Overcast · 26 °C
5 PM	Fair	0.4 m · 6 s	NE	12 km/h · 30 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.1 m	Overcast · 26 °C
6 PM	Fair	0.4 m · 6 s	NE	13 km/h · 25 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.3 m	Light drizzle · 26 °C
7 PM	Fair	0.4 m · 7 s	NE	14 km/h · 26 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.5 m	Light drizzle · 25 °C
8 PM	Fair	0.4 m · 8 s	NE	13 km/h · 27 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.6 m	Light drizzle · 25 °C
9 PM	Fair	0.4 m · 9 s	NE	12 km/h · 25 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.7 m	Light drizzle · 25 °C
10 PM	Fair	0.4 m · 10 s	NE	11 km/h · 22 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	1.7 m	Light drizzle · 25 °C
11 PM	Fair	0.4 m · 10 s	NE	10 km/h · 22 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	1.7 m	Light drizzle · 25 °C