Which El Oro beach is best right now? 2 beaches ranked by live weather, wind, waves and water temperature.
Updated 12:24 am local timeScores from Open-Meteo forecasts, refreshed hourlyColors follow the lifeguard flags
It is dark there now, so these are ranked by their best stretch next.
Santa Rosa
Dark there now. Best 12 pm laterMachala
Dark there now. Best 1 pm laterIt is dark across El Oro right now: 2 of 2 scored beaches look good later, water is 30 to 31°C87 to 88°F. Read at 12:24 am; everything below is computed from that reading.
Best for families
8.1 Great
Machala. Top score of the 1 scored beach tagged with lifeguards.
The best hour left today is 2 pm (8.6); the weakest is 7 am (5.2).
The strongest stretch runs 12 pm to 3 pm.
El Oro tomorrow: the best hour is 12 pm (7.9) and the weakest is 6 am (4.2).
The strongest stretch runs 12 pm to 3 pm.
7 to 10, green flag4 to 7, yellowUnder 4, redAverage of the scored beaches, each hour
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Santa Rosa
Small waves, light wind and 30°C87°F water.
Machala
Flat water, light wind and 31°C88°F water.
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It is dark in Machala: 1 of 1 scored beach looks good later. Water is 31°C88°F.
Dark now. 1 of 1 look good later
Each square is one beach, colored by its live flag.
Machala
Dark there now. Best 1 pm later
It is dark in Santa Rosa: 1 of 1 scored beach looks good later. Water is 30°C87°F.
Dark now. 1 of 1 look good later
Each square is one beach, colored by its live flag.
Santa Rosa
Dark there now. Best 12 pm later
Each square is one beach, colored by its live flag. Outlined squares are in the dark.
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Ingreso a Playa San Gregorio has the top Beach Score later: 8.7 Excellent, with 5 km/h (3 mph) of wind. Scores are ranked from live forecasts, so the order changes through the day.
Sea water is 30 to 31°C (87 to 88°F) across the 2 scored beaches. The warmest is PLAYITA DE PUERTO BOLIVAR, at 31°C (88°F).
PLAYITA DE PUERTO BOLIVAR has the smallest waves, at 0.2 m (<1 ft) with 6 km/h (4 mph) of wind.
1 of 2 listed beaches are tagged with lifeguards on OpenStreetMap, including PLAYITA DE PUERTO BOLIVAR. Tags can be out of date, so follow the posted flags and staff on the day.
Averaged across the scored beaches, the best hour today is 2 pm, at 8.6 Excellent, and the strongest stretch runs 12 pm to 3 pm. Each beach page has its own hour-by-hour forecast.
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All 2 beaches in our data for El Oro are scored live on this page.
Sources: Open-Meteo weather and marine forecasts; facilities from OpenStreetMap. All sources.
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