Playa Cautivo

Name: Playa Cautivo Surf Spot
Address: La Libertad, Santa Elena, Ecuador

La Libertad, Ecuador

Right now

The conditions at the spot at 4:00 AM Ecuador Time.

Good

Knee-high (0.6 m) at 13 s going to NE, moderate cross-offshore wind going to NE

Swell

0.6 m

13 s

Wind

13 km/h

Cross-offshore

Tide

1.9 m

Rising

Weather

25 °C

Light drizzle

27 °C water

10-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Time	Rating	Swell	Swell direction	Wind	Wind direction	Tide	Weather
12 AM	Good	0.6 m · 13 s	NE	11 km/h · 30 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	0.5 m	Overcast · 26 °C
1 AM	Good	0.6 m · 13 s	NE	12 km/h · 28 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	0.7 m	Overcast · 26 °C
2 AM	Good	0.6 m · 13 s	NE	13 km/h · 30 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.1 m	Overcast · 26 °C
3 AM	Good	0.6 m · 13 s	NE	13 km/h · 30 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.5 m	Light drizzle · 25 °C
4 AM	Good	0.6 m · 13 s	NE	13 km/h · 30 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.9 m	Light drizzle · 25 °C
5 AM	Good	0.6 m · 12 s	NE	13 km/h · 26 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	2.2 m	Light drizzle · 25 °C
6 AM	Good	0.7 m · 12 s	NE	13 km/h · 32 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	2.2 m	Overcast · 26 °C
7 AM	Good	0.7 m · 12 s	NE	14 km/h · 34 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	2 m	Overcast · 26 °C
8 AM	Good	0.7 m · 13 s	NE	15 km/h · 36 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	1.7 m	Overcast · 27 °C
9 AM	Good	0.7 m · 14 s	NE	15 km/h · 37 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	1.2 m	Overcast · 28 °C
10 AM	Good	0.7 m · 14 s	NE	14 km/h · 37 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	0.8 m	Light drizzle · 28 °C
11 AM	Good	0.7 m · 14 s	NE	14 km/h · 37 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	0.5 m	Light drizzle · 29 °C
12 PM	Fair	0.7 m · 14 s	NE	14 km/h · 37 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	0.4 m	Overcast · 29 °C
1 PM	Fair	0.7 m · 14 s	NE	14 km/h · 39 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	0.5 m	Partly cloudy · 29 °C
2 PM	Fair	0.7 m · 14 s	NE	14 km/h · 39 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	0.9 m	Partly cloudy · 29 °C
3 PM	Fair	0.7 m · 14 s	NE	15 km/h · 40 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.3 m	Overcast · 29 °C
4 PM	Fair	0.7 m · 14 s	NE	15 km/h · 40 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.7 m	Overcast · 28 °C
5 PM	Fair	0.7 m · 14 s	NE	14 km/h · 39 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	2 m	Overcast · 27 °C
6 PM	Fair	0.7 m · 14 s	NE	12 km/h · 37 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	2.1 m	Overcast · 27 °C
7 PM	Good	0.7 m · 14 s	NE	12 km/h · 31 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	2.1 m	Overcast · 26 °C
8 PM	Good	0.7 m · 13 s	NE	11 km/h · 29 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	1.8 m	Overcast · 26 °C
9 PM	Good	0.8 m · 13 s	NE	11 km/h · 28 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.4 m	Overcast · 26 °C
10 PM	Good	0.8 m · 13 s	NE	10 km/h · 27 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	1 m	Light drizzle · 26 °C
11 PM	Good	0.8 m · 13 s	NE	11 km/h · 27 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	0.7 m	Light drizzle · 26 °C