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Montanita, Ecuador

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Montanita. Photo: Mikaelashamrock, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Montanita

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces W (260°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (80°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 700 m out (1 in 69). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 23°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 27°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually February, March and April, with about 6 good days in 7; in July, about 3. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Montañita, 1.6 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

Water about 24°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 16 h door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to MEC, changing at PTY.

    See flights ORD → MEC · Skyscanner from about £320 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 2 h from the airport to Montanita.

    Car hire · Discover CarsAd

  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in MontañitaAd

    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote.

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    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote. Drives are estimates.

  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Montañita · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Montañita · GetYourGuideAd

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Where it is

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Forecast

The score for experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct314 ft11 ssoft431kJ27°C
Mon 19Oct274 ft11 ssoft298kJ27°C
Tue 20Oct234 ft12 ssoft317kJ27°C
Wed 21Oct203 ft11 ssoft175kJ28°C
Thu 22Oct264 ft12 ssoft400kJ27°C
Fri 23Oct173 ft12 ssoft281kJ27°C
Sat 24Oct173 ft10 ssoft185kJ28°C
Sun 25Oct163 ft8 ssoft111kJ28°C
Mon 26Oct112 ft8 ssoft62kJ26°C
Tue 27Oct132 ft14 scrumbling142kJ28°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to MEC, changing at PTY, then 2h by road. About 16h door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to MEC, changing at PTY, then 2h by road. About 16h door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Montañita each day: Montanita, Montañita-beachbreak, Playa Nunez.

The trip from Montañita, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £690–£1,300 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to MEC, estimated from distance and season, changing at PTY, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£320–£660
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£50–£85
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£120–£200
Food7 days eating out£115–£210
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£50–£80
Total£690–£1,300

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

Places to eat near Montañita

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

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