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Canoa, Ecuador

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Canoa, Manabí, Ecuador South
Canoa. Photo: Erik.taylor, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Canoa

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

The spot faces W (253°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (73°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 13). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 25°C in July, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 27°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually February and March, with about 5 good days in 7; in August and September, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Canoa, 0.2 km away (about 5 min by car).

Water about 25°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 15 h 20 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. 1 h 20 from the airport to Canoa.

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  3. Accommodation.

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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 Canoa · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Canoa · GetYourGuideAd

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct413 ft11 shollow164kJ28°C
Tue 20Oct453 ft11 shollow168kJ27°C
Wed 21Oct292 ft10 shollow77kJ30°C
Thu 22Oct413 ft11 shollow155kJ29°C
Fri 23Oct362 ft11 shollow136kJ29°C
Sat 24Oct262 ft11 shollow76kJ30°C
Sun 25Oct212 ft7 shollow42kJ29°C
Mon 26Oct131 ft10 shollow25kJ26°C
Tue 27Oct181 ft15 shollow55kJ28°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 today, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to MEC, changing at PTY, then 1h 20 by road. About 15h 20 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Canoa

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 11 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Canoa

    Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 3 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Canoa

    Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 2 ft at 11 s, wind 6 kn (11 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to MEC, changing at PTY, then 1h 20 by road. About 15h 20 door to door

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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 Canoa

  • Cevichería SabóreameSeafood · 0.2 km from the centre
  • Jungle Bar PizzeriaBar and grill · 0.2 km from the centre
  • Restaurant Delicias Del PacificoSeafood · 0.3 km from the centre
  • Restaurant La Gavoita0.1 km from the centre
  • Restaurante Jixsy0.1 km from the centre
  • Surf Shack (Canoa, Manabí, Ecuador)0.1 km from the centre

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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