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Canoa

Manabí · Beginner Good
0.9m
7/10
11s 3 km/h
Canoa - surf spot in Manabí

About Canoa

Canoa is an extensive sandy beach located in the Manabí province, known for its long, gentle waves that make it perfect for beginners and longboarders. Its wide stretch of sand and friendly swell offer plenty of space to learn and progress without the pressure of the busier peaks, in a relaxed coastal atmosphere. The town keeps a quiet, bohemian character, with a growing surf scene, simple lodgings, cafés and a slow pace very typical of the Ecuadorian coast. The water is warm all year round, which allows surfing in boardshorts in any season, and its best season runs from December to May. Beyond surfing, the long beach invites walking, horseback riding and enjoying spectacular sunsets. For the traveler looking to learn to surf or enjoy forgiving waves in a relaxed town, Canoa is one of the best options on the Ecuadorian coast.

Characteristics

Level
Gentle waves, ideal for learning. Low risk.
· 📅 December to May ·
Surface
Type of seabed where the waves break.
·
Direction
Direction the wave breaks as seen from the water.

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-0.4603°, -80.4537° Manabí

Canoa — Manabí

Current Conditions

Updated 19/10/2026 00:03

Good
7/10

Waves

0.9m

12.1s period

Primary Swell

0.7m

11.4s SW

Wind

3 km/h

Gusts 8 km/h S

Secondary Swell

0.3m

11.6s WNW

Temp.

29.5°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

0.8 km

Fog

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 06:02
↓ 18:10
🌙
↑ 13:13
↓ 00:51
🌗 First Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 02:50 - 0.63m

Best Time to Surf Today

06:00 - 09:00

🌊 0.8m 💨 9 km/h
Good 6/10 avg.

Today's Tides

Low Tide

02:50

0.63m

High Tide

08:54

1.45m

Low Tide

15:15

0.49m

High Tide

21:57

1.54m

Weekly Summary

Today

0.8m-0.9m

11s

SW SW SW
8 km/h
🌗

Tomorrow

0.8m-0.9m

11s

SW SW SW
9 km/h
🌗

Wed

0.8m-0.9m

10s

SW SW SW
7 km/h
🌖

Thu

0.8m-0.8m

12s

SW SW SW
6 km/h
🌖

Fri

0.7m-0.9m

11s

SW SW SW
9 km/h
🌖

Sat

0.6m-0.8m

11s

SW SW SW
8 km/h
🌖

Sun

0.5m-0.6m

7s

SW SW SW
7 km/h
🌕

Mon

0.5m-0.5m

10s

SW SW SW
6 km/h
🌕

Tue

0.5m-0.6m

14s

WNW WNW W
6 km/h
🌕

Wed

0.0m-0.0m

6 km/h
🌔

Thu

0.0m-0.0m

6 km/h
🌔

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 02:50 (0.63m) 08:54 (1.45m) 15:15 (0.49m) 21:57 (1.54m)
Morning Good

0.8m - 0.8m

230° SW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 38 kJ
Midday Good

0.8m - 0.8m

230° SW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 38 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

230° SW
Period: 11s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 38 kJ
At night Good

0.8m - 0.9m

230° SW
Period: 10s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 13s
⚡ 31 kJ
Tides: 04:10 (0.66m) 10:19 (1.48m) 16:35 (0.55m) 23:08 (1.64m)
Morning Good

0.8m - 0.8m

230° SW
Period: 12s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 45 kJ
Midday Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

230° SW
Period: 11s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 10s
⚡ 38 kJ
Afternoon Good

0.9m - 0.9m

230° SW
Period: 11s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 10s
⚡ 48 kJ
At night Good

0.8m - 0.9m

231° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 13s
⚡ 38 kJ
Tides: 05:25 (0.58m) 11:30 (1.56m) 17:42 (0.46m)
Morning Good

0.9m - 0.9m

231° SW
Period: 10s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 16s
⚡ 40 kJ
Midday Good

0.9m - 0.9m

232° SW
Period: 10s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 15s
⚡ 40 kJ
Afternoon Good

0.9m - 0.9m

231° SW
Period: 9s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 15s
⚡ 32 kJ
At night Good

0.9m - 0.9m

231° SW
Period: 11s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 14s
⚡ 48 kJ
Tides: 00:04 (1.77m) 06:23 (0.40m) 12:30 (1.70m) 18:33 (0.37m)
Morning Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

229° SW
Period: 12s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 8s
⚡ 45 kJ
Midday Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

229° SW
Period: 12s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 45 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

228° SW
Period: 12s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 45 kJ
At night Good

0.8m - 0.8m

227° SW
Period: 13s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 8s
⚡ 53 kJ
Tides: 00:47 (1.94m) 07:07 (0.21m) 13:14 (1.90m) 19:14 (0.25m)
Morning Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

226° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 14s
⚡ 38 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.8m

225° SW
Period: 10s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 15s
⚡ 24 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

225° SW
Period: 10s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 31 kJ
At night Fair

0.8m - 0.9m

225° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 38 kJ
Tides: 01:27 (2.14m) 07:46 (0.03m) 13:55 (2.07m) 19:57 (0.11m)
Morning Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

225° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 29 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

224° SW
Period: 11s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 29 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

224° SW
Period: 11s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 29 kJ
At night Fair

0.7m - 0.8m

225° SW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 9s
⚡ 29 kJ
Morning Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

227° SW
Period: 7s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 9 kJ
Midday Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

228° SW
Period: 7s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 9 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

228° SW
Period: 7s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 9 kJ
At night Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

227° SW
Period: 8s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 11 kJ
Morning Fair

0.5m - 0.5m

295° WNW
Period: 10s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 14s
⚡ 12 kJ
Midday Fair

0.5m - 0.5m

299° WNW
Period: 10s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 15s
⚡ 12 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.5m - 0.5m

300° WNW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 15s
⚡ 15 kJ
At night Fair

0.5m - 0.5m

220° SW
Period: 10s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 12 kJ
Morning Good

0.5m - 0.5m

228° SW
Period: 15s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 28 kJ
Midday Fair

0.5m - 0.5m

227° SW
Period: 14s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 10s
⚡ 24 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.5m - 0.6m

227° SW
Period: 14s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 24 kJ
At night Good

0.5m - 0.5m

300° WNW
Period: 14s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 15s
⚡ 24 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
4 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
12 km/h
Afternoon Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
10 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
4 km/h
Morning
Midday
Afternoon
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
6 km/h

Hourly Forecast

Open-Meteo Copernicus
Showing 6 of 240 hours
Hour Waves Period Swell Dir. Wind Secondary Swell Tertiary Swell Current UV Vis. Tide Rating
Mon 19 Oct 02:00 0.9m 12s 0.7m / 11s SW 3 km/h 0.3m / 12s WNW - - 0.0 1.0 km 0.66m
7
Mon 19 Oct 03:00 0.9m 12s 0.7m / 11s SW 3 km/h 0.3m / 12s WNW - - 0.0 0.8 km 0.63m
7
Mon 19 Oct 04:00 0.8m 12s 0.7m / 11s SW 4 km/h 0.3m / 12s WNW - - 0.0 0.8 km 0.69m
7
Mon 19 Oct 05:00 0.8m 12s 0.7m / 11s SW 7 km/h 0.3m / 12s WNW - - 0.0 1.0 km 0.86m
6
Mon 19 Oct 06:00 0.8m 12s 0.7m / 11s SW 8 km/h 0.3m / 12s WNW - 0.02 m/s 0.0 1.5 km 1.07m
6
Mon 19 Oct 07:00 0.8m 12s 0.7m / 11s SW 9 km/h 0.3m / 12s WNW - - 0.3 3.3 km 1.27m
6

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Surf information for Canoa

Canoa is a Beginner level surf spot located in Manabí, Ecuador. The bottom surface is arena. The waves break both left and right. The best season to surf is December to May.

Today's conditions at Canoa

Right now, Canoa has waves of about 0.9m with a swell period of 11 seconds and S (3 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Canoa you can practice surf, bodyboard and longboard.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at Canoa is around 30 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Canoa

Is the wave at Canoa a left or a right?
Canoa offers both left and right waves.
What level do you need to surf at Canoa?
Canoa is a spot recommended for beginner surfers.
What is the best season to surf at Canoa?
The best season to surf at Canoa is December to May.
Where is Canoa located?
Canoa is located in Manabí, Peru.
What is the water temperature at Canoa?
The water is around 30 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

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Condition Scoring

Rating Algorithm 1-10

Each forecast hour receives a score from 1 to 10, calculated by adding points for different factors:

Wave Height (0-4 pts)

< 0.5m = 0 pts | 0.5-1.0m = 1 pt | 1.0-1.5m = 2 pts | 1.5-2.5m = 3 pts | > 2.5m = 4 pts

Dominant Period (-1 to 3 pts)

Uses the dominant/peak period (wave_period). < 8s = -1 pt (wind swell, messy) | 8-10s = 0 pts | 10-12s = 1 pt | 12-16s = 2 pts | > 16s = 3 pts

Wind (-2 to +2 pts)

Glassy (< 5 km/h): +2. Light wind (5-10 km/h): +1. Moderate wind (10-20 km/h): offshore +1, onshore -1. Strong wind (> 20 km/h): onshore -2, offshore -1. Wind data covers the full 15-day forecast window.

Secondary Swell (-1 to +1 pt)

If a secondary swell with height ≥ 0.3m and long period (≥ 10s) exists, +1 point is added. If the period is short (< 10s) and direction differs > 45° from the primary swell, -1 point penalty for crossed seas. If directions are similar (≤ 45°), no penalty is applied.

Rating by score:

Flat (1) Poor (2-3) Fair (4-5) Good (6-7) Epic (8-10)
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