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Mompiche

Esmeraldas · Intermediate Good
0.8m
6/10
12s 3 km/h
Mompiche - surf spot in Esmeraldas

About Mompiche

Mompiche is one of the best waves in Ecuador and one of the country's best-kept surfing secrets, located in the province of Esmeraldas. Its wave is a left-hand point break that breaks in a bay surrounded by tropical jungle, with rides that can reach 300 meters, offering long walls ideal for drawing lines and linking maneuvers. The setting is a great appeal: beach, mangroves and lush vegetation in a slow-paced fishing village with an authentic atmosphere. The water is warm all year round, typical of the Ecuadorian coast, which allows surfing without a wetsuit. Its best season runs from December to April, when the best swells arrive. It is a wave recommended for intermediate surfers looking for long, quality lefts away from the crowds. For the traveler exploring Ecuador, Mompiche combines nature, tranquility and one of the best lefts in the country.

Characteristics

Level
Requires basic paddling and pop-up skills. Moderate power.
· 📅 December to April ·
Surface
Type of seabed where the waves break.
·
Direction
Direction the wave breaks as seen from the water.

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0.5097°, -80.0288° Esmeraldas

Mompiche — Esmeraldas

Current Conditions

Updated 16/09/2026 06:01

Good
6/10

Waves

0.8m

12.5s period

Primary Swell

0.7m

12.2s SW

Wind

3 km/h

Gusts 14 km/h SSE

Secondary Swell

0.3m

3.4s WSW

Temp.

28.7°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

2.3

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
06:11
18:18
🌙
10:23
22:45
🌘 Waxing Crescent

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 12:28 - -0.16m

Best Time to Surf Today

08:00 - 11:00

🌊 0.8m 💨 3 km/h
Good 6/10 avg.

Today's Tides

High Tide

06:10

2.10m

Low Tide

12:28

-0.16m

High Tide

18:35

1.91m

Weekly Summary

Today

0.8m-0.9m

12s

SW SW SW
6 km/h
🌘

Tomorrow

0.9m-0.9m

11s

WSW WSW WSW
9 km/h
🌗

Fri

0.8m-1.0m

11s

SW SW SW
11 km/h
🌗

Sat

0.8m-0.8m

10s

WSW WSW WSW
11 km/h
🌗

Sun

0.8m-0.8m

9s

WSW WSW SW
11 km/h
🌗

Mon

0.7m-0.9m

13s

SW SW SW
10 km/h
🌖

Tue

0.7m-0.9m

13s

SW SW SW
8 km/h
🌖

Wed

0.7m-0.7m

12s

SW SW SW
6 km/h
🌖

Thu

0.6m-0.7m

11s

SW SW SW
6 km/h
🌖

Fri

0.0m-0.0m

7 km/h
🌕

Sat

0.0m-0.0m

5 km/h
🌕

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 06:10 (2.10m) 12:28 (-0.16m) 18:35 (1.91m)
Morning Good

0.8m - 0.8m

236° SW
Period: 12s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 4s
⚡ 45 kJ
Midday Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

244° WSW
Period: 13s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 8s
⚡ 53 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

244° WSW
Period: 13s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 8s
⚡ 53 kJ
At night Fair

0.9m - 0.9m

235° SW
Period: 12s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 4s
⚡ 57 kJ
Tides: 00:40 (0.02m) 06:46 (1.87m) 13:05 (-0.02m) 19:19 (1.70m)
Morning Good

0.9m - 0.9m

234° SW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 9s
⚡ 48 kJ
Midday Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

235° SW
Period: 11s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 6s
⚡ 48 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

235° SW
Period: 11s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 17s
⚡ 48 kJ
At night Fair

0.9m - 0.9m

234° SW
Period: 12s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 57 kJ
Tides: 01:24 (0.20m) 07:33 (1.69m) 13:52 (0.17m) 20:08 (1.55m)
Morning Poor

0.9m - 1.0m

233° SW
Period: 9s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 8s
⚡ 32 kJ
Midday Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

243° WSW
Period: 11s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 10s
⚡ 48 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

243° WSW
Period: 12s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 10s
⚡ 57 kJ
At night Fair

0.9m - 0.9m

234° SW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 48 kJ
Tides: 02:15 (0.38m) 08:26 (1.54m) 14:51 (0.30m) 21:16 (1.40m)
Morning Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

240° WSW
Period: 10s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 31 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

230° SW
Period: 10s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 31 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

235° SW
Period: 10s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 17s
⚡ 31 kJ
At night Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

240° WSW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 38 kJ
Tides: 03:25 (0.48m) 09:35 (1.42m) 16:10 (0.33m) 22:41 (1.38m)
Morning Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

228° SW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 16s
⚡ 31 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

227° SW
Period: 9s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 15s
⚡ 25 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

227° SW
Period: 9s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 15s
⚡ 25 kJ
At night Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

227° SW
Period: 9s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 16s
⚡ 25 kJ
Tides: 04:46 (0.51m) 11:00 (1.44m) 17:25 (0.31m) 23:55 (1.49m)
Morning Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

225° SW
Period: 12s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 11s
⚡ 35 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

233° SW
Period: 15s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 9s
⚡ 71 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.8m - 0.9m

232° SW
Period: 14s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 8s
⚡ 62 kJ
At night Fair

0.8m - 0.9m

233° SW
Period: 12s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 11s
⚡ 45 kJ
Tides: 06:04 (0.43m) 12:09 (1.53m) 18:30 (0.22m)
Morning Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

233° SW
Period: 12s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 9s
⚡ 45 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

233° SW
Period: 13s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 8s
⚡ 41 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

233° SW
Period: 13s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 8s
⚡ 41 kJ
At night Fair

0.8m - 0.9m

233° SW
Period: 13s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 9s
⚡ 53 kJ
Morning Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

234° SW
Period: 13s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 8s
⚡ 41 kJ
Midday Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

235° SW
Period: 12s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 9s
⚡ 35 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

235° SW
Period: 12s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 14s
⚡ 35 kJ
At night Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

234° SW
Period: 12s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 11s
⚡ 35 kJ
Morning Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

233° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 21 kJ
Midday Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

230° SW
Period: 11s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 12s
⚡ 21 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

231° SW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 14s
⚡ 21 kJ
At night Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

233° SW
Period: 11s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 13s
⚡ 29 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
7 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
14 km/h
Afternoon Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
8 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
5 km/h
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

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

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
5 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
Wed 16 Sep 08:00 0.8m 12s 0.7m / 12s SW 3 km/h 0.3m / 4s SW - - 1.1 7.9 km 1.66m
6
Wed 16 Sep 09:00 0.8m 13s 0.7m / 12s SW 3 km/h 0.3m / 3s WSW - - 2.3 10+ km 1.14m
6
Wed 16 Sep 10:00 0.8m 13s 0.7m / 12s SW 3 km/h 0.4m / 4s WSW - - 4.1 7.0 km 0.58m
6
Wed 16 Sep 11:00 0.8m 13s 0.7m / 13s WSW 6 km/h 0.4m / 5s WSW - - 5.5 10+ km 0.11m
5
Wed 16 Sep 12:00 0.8m 13s 0.6m / 13s WSW 9 km/h 0.4m / 7s SW - 0.05 m/s 5.5 4.1 km -0.13m
5
Wed 16 Sep 13:00 0.8m 13s 0.6m / 13s WSW 9 km/h 0.5m / 9s SW - - 6.2 4.3 km -0.12m
5

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Surf information for Mompiche

Mompiche is a Intermediate level surf spot located in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. The bottom surface is arena y roca. The best season to surf is December to April.

Today's conditions at Mompiche

Right now, Mompiche has waves of about 0.8m with a swell period of 12 seconds and SSE (3 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Mompiche you can practice surf and bodyboard.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at Mompiche is around 29 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Mompiche

Is the wave at Mompiche a left or a right?
The wave at Mompiche breaks mainly to the left.
What level do you need to surf at Mompiche?
Mompiche is a spot recommended for intermediate surfers.
What is the best season to surf at Mompiche?
The best season to surf at Mompiche is December to April.
Where is Mompiche located?
Mompiche is located in Esmeraldas, Peru.
What is the water temperature at Mompiche?
The water is around 29 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf bodyboard

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)
View full methodology
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