Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Mompiche
Intermediate
Rivermouth break
Sand bottom
Peels both
0.7–3 m
Any tide
A long, wild black-sand beach on Ecuador's north coast with a fast right-hand rivermouth point and powerful beach peaks on northwest swells. Humid, jungle-fringed and far less developed than the southern coast.
Hazards
RipStrong CurrentRemote
Conditions
- Best swell
- NW, N, W
- Best wind
- W, SW
- Season
- Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar
- Wave size
- 0.7–3 m
- Wave quality
- Consistency
- Crowd
- Coordinates
- 0.4470, -80.0330
Facilities
ParkingToiletsCafeCamping