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Playa Prieta

Puerto López, Manabí, Ecuador

Playa Prieta 5 photos

  • Niño en la playa los Frailes

    Niño en la playa los Frailes. Spring Travel, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Caminando en la Playa de los Frailes

    Caminando en la Playa de los Frailes. Spring Travel, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Playa los Frailes

    Playa los Frailes. Spring Travel, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Machalilla Ecuador506

    Machalilla Ecuador506. Arabsalam, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Machalilla Ecuador505

    Machalilla Ecuador505. Arabsalam, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 6:12 pm
7 am
6.6
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
8 am
6.0
16 km/h10 mph wind, Good
9 am
5.5
18 km/h11 mph wind, Good
10 am
5.2
19 km/h12 mph wind, Fair
11 am
5.7
21 km/h13 mph wind, Good
12 pm
4.9
21 km/h13 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
5.2
21 km/h13 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
5.7
20 km/h12 mph wind, Good
3 pm
6.1
19 km/h12 mph wind, Good
4 pm
6.1
20 km/h12 mph wind, Good
5 pm
6.7
19 km/h11 mph wind, Good
6 pm
6.6
17 km/h10 mph wind, Good

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
26°C79°F
Water
28°C83°F
Wind
96 km/hmph S
Gusts
149 km/hmph
Waves
0.9 m3 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
1%
Sunset
6:12 pm
Today
6.6Good7 am138
6.0Good8 am1610
5.5Good9 am1811
5.2Fair10 am1912
5.7Good11 am2113
4.9Fair12 pm2113
5.2Fair1 pm2113
5.7Good2 pm2012
6.1Good3 pm1912
6.1Good4 pm2012
6.7Good5 pm1911
6.6Good6 pm1710
Sat
7.4Great7 am74
7.1Great8 am53
7.6Great9 am85
7.5Great10 am117
6.8Good11 am1510
6.1Good12 pm138
5.6Good1 pm159
5.7Good2 pm1610
6.0Good3 pm1610
5.6Good4 pm128
5.5Good5 pm127
5.5Good6 pm117
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 7 am, -0.1 m. High at 1 pm, 1.4 m. Low at 7 pm, -<0.1 mLow 7 am, -0.1 m<1 ftHigh 1 pm, 1.4 m4 ftLow 7 pm, -<0.1 m<1 ftNow8 am2 pm8 pm2 am
  • Low 7 am, -0.1 m<1 ft
  • High 1 pm, 1.4 m4 ft
  • Low 7 pm, -<0.1 m<1 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun7.4 GreatBest 7 am to 10 amWind up to 17 km/h10 mph, rain 72%
  • Mon5.7 GoodBest 7 am to 8 amWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 97%
  • Tue4.9 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 96%
  • Wed6.0 GoodBest 7 am to 10 amWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 96%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
2.4 km1.5 miMachalilla (town)
Nearest airport
61 km38 miAeropuerto Internacional General Eloy Alfaro Delgado (MEC)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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