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Salinas Santa Elena

Surf town · Ecuador

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Beds: 71 places

71 places to stay within 2 km.

Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.

Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

All 71 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 15 surf spots

Surf · this week

  • Capaes · about 20 min by car · stays in Santa Elena · Not for beginners

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  • Cautivo · about 15 min by car · stays in Cautivo · Not for beginners

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  • Chulluipe · about 15 min by car · stays in Santa Elena · Not for beginners

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  • Coito · about 30 min by car · stays in Santa Elena · Not for beginners

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  • Ecuasal · about 15 min by car · stays in Jose Luis Tamayo · Not for beginners

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  • El Castillo · about 15 min by car · stays in Santa Elena · Not for beginners

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  • FAE · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • FAE - 3 cruzes · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners

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All 15 surf spots
  • La Chocolatera · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • La Diablica · about 25 min by car · stays in La Libertad · Not for beginners

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  • Paco illescas · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Pico nerd · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Playero de miramar · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners

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  • Punta Blanca · about 35 min by car · stays in San Pablo · Not for beginners

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  • Punta Carnero · about 20 min by car · stays in La Libertad · Not for beginners

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Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Salinas Santa Elena.

Map

the town and every place near it

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 20 km from Salinas Santa Elena.

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About Salinas Santa Elena

where it is, what is near

Salinas Santa Elena is a town in Santa Elena Province, Ecuador.

From Salinas Santa Elena you can reach 15 surf spots.

The nearest is Pico nerd, a surf spot 1.6 km from the centre.

Overture lists 71 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

The nearest airport is General Ulpiano Paez International Airport (SNC), 4 km away.

In Santa Elena Province · Ecuador

  • 71 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: General Ulpiano Paez International Airport (SNC), 4 km, José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE), 119 km, Eloy Alfaro International Airport (MEC), 144 km

Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).