El Barco (San Lorenzo) surf forecast
Salinas · Santa Elena · Ecuador
Today at El Barco (San Lorenzo): waves 0.3–0.5 m, ankle to knee around 16:00 (13 s swell), cross-shore wind. Poor for intermediate surfers, poor for beginners, poor for advanced. Updated 21 Oct, 15:51 UTC.
El Barco (San Lorenzo) surf forecast, next 7 days
The best daylight hour of each day, rated for each level. No day rates Good for intermediate surfers this week.
| Day | Best | Waves | Wind | Beg. | Int. | Adv. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 16:00 | 0.3–0.5 m | cross-shore | Poor | Poor | Poor |
| Thu 22 | 15:00 | Flat | cross-offshore | Flat | Flat | Flat |
| Fri 23 | 11:00 | Flat | cross-offshore | Flat | Flat | Flat |
| Sat 24 | 16:00 | Flat | cross-shore | Flat | Flat | Flat |
| Sun 25 | 11:00 | 0.2–0.4 m | cross-onshore | Poor | Poor | Poor |
| Mon 26 | 07:00 | Flat | offshore | Flat | Flat | Flat |
| Tue 27 | 18:00 | Flat | cross-onshore | Flat | Flat | Flat |
Model forecast updated 21 Oct, 15:51 UTC. Hour by hour with swell direction, tide and webcams: open the live forecast.
Off San Lorenzo beach on the north shore of Salinas, a reef named after a long-gone shipwreck splits into a left and a right; locals also call it Paco Illescas. North and NW swells from December to April wrap in, and here a south wind is offshore, the reverse of the peninsula's south coast. The rights need a higher tide. The shelf is shallow with urchins, and weekends are busy.
- Break
- reef break, peaks both ways; faces N
- Level
- intermediate
- Best swell
- NW, N
- Best wind
- S, SE (offshore)
- Best tide
- mid to high tide
- Season
- December-April
- Typical size
- 0.8-2.5 m
- Crowd
- high
- Hazards
- shallow flat rock and urchins; remains of the wreck on the reef
More surf spots nearby: surf spots in Salinas.
Nearby spots
- FAE (Mar Bravo), Salinas
- La Chocolatera, Salinas
- Punta Chulluipe, La Libertad
- Capaes, Santa Elena
- Punta Carnero, Salinas
- Montañita
Questions
Is El Barco (San Lorenzo) good for beginners?
It is best for intermediate surfers (shallow flat rock and urchins; remains of the wreck on the reef).
What swell, wind and tide work best at El Barco (San Lorenzo)?
NW, N swell, S, SE wind (offshore), at mid to high tide. Typical size 0.8-2.5 m.
Live swell, wind, tide, a 14-day outlook, satellite pictures and webcams for El Barco (San Lorenzo) are in the Surf Spoting app.