Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc.
2871 Southwest 69th Court Miami, Florida 33155-2829
Tel (305) 262-8336 Fax (305) 265-9077
Internet: www.roffs.com email: fish@roffs.com


ROFFS Fisheries Oceanographic Analysis for the Ecuador area
Updated on Oct. 15-18, 2001 using data from the last 3 days.

Based on a 20 factor statistical analysis, the black dots (hot spots) mark the areas where bait concentrations are expected and where fishing action is expected to be better compared with other (non-marked) areas. You should start fishing where you recognize other signs of good fishing conditions near these marked areas. It is very important to use your sea surface temperature (sst°) gauge to locate the boundaries of the water masses, which are outlined. Rather than trying to find water based on the absolute temperature values shown on the map, search for the relative change in sst where the water mass boundaries occur.

Central America and Columbia: We are able to observe the northern edge of a large pool of blue 25.1°C 25.4°C water that has formed a strong 25.1°/26.5°C temperature boundary zone south of Costa Rica and Panama creating favorable conditions for fishing action with tuna, swordfish, dolphin, and marlin. Additional chances for fishing action will occur over the good bottom of the seamounts west of Columbia in the Gulf of Panama.

CoordinatesSST° FeatureComments
84°40'W & 9°03'N25.1°/26.5°C128M SeamountStable for 7 days
85°20'W & 9°15'N25.1°/26.5°C439M SeamountSome chances for action
83°15'W & 8°02'N25.4°/26.1°C46M SeamountGood chances for action
81°58'W & 4°58'N25.4°/26.1°C126M SeamountSome chances for action
81°34'W & 5°37'N25.4°/26.1°C62M SeamountStable for 3 days
88°01'W & 8°49'N26.1°/26.5°C20M SeamountSome chances for action
91°25'W & 9°03'N25.1°/26.6°C1939M SeamountSome chances for action


Ecuador and Peru: Overall, we are able to observe the equatorial wave clearly today. The majority of your chances for finding high concentrations of fish will occur within the mixing zone of the equatorial wave as it moves in a western direction towards the Galapagos Islands between 0°00 to 3°00'S. In this zone, the warmer blue water of the wave (23°C-25°C) forms strong water mass boundary zones with the cooler greener upwelled waters moving northward from Peru and Chile (20°C-22°C).

CoordinatesSST° FeatureComments
82°40'W & 0°10'S22.4°/24.6°C2.2°C Sst changeStable for 7 days
82°39'W & 1°56'S19.8°/22.4°C2.6°C Sst changeGood chances for action
83°40'W & 1°58'S19.8°/22.4°CEquatorial WaveStable for 3 days
84°40'W & 2°20'S19.8°/22.4°CEquatorial WaveStable for 3 days
85°46'W & 2°30'S20.1°/22.4°CEquatorial WaveStable for 3 days
86°46'W & 2°28'S20.6°/23.2°CEquatorial WaveGood chances for a ction
84°50'W & 5°05'S19.8°/21.2°C1.4°C Sst changeSome chances for action
82°47'W & 5°40'S18.6°/19.5°C2551M SeamountSome chances for action


Galapagos and Offshore: Currently, the primary wave feature in the area is located offshore of the Galapagos Islands between 95°00'W and 100°00'W . This suggests that you should concentrate your fishing efforts ahead of the eqatorial wave from near 96°00'W to 101°00'W and between 2°00'N and 1°00'S and allow the warmer 22.5°C-24.9°C water to come to your boats.

CoordinatesSST° FeatureComments
93°28'W & 0°58'S20.8°/22.5°C1.7°C Sst changeGood chances for action
94°58'W & 0°20'S20.8°/23.4°C2.6°C Sst changeGood chances for action
94°05'W & 1°23'N22.4°/23.9°C1.5°C Sst changeGood chances for action
97°37'W & 1°02'S20.8°/21.7°CEquatorial WaveStable for 3 days
98°57'W & 0°32'S20.6°/22.5°CEquatorial WaveStable for 3 days
99°49'W & 0°02'N20.6°/22.5°CEquatorial WaveStable for 3 days
100°01'W & 1°12'N20.8°/22.8°C Equatorial WaveGood chances for action
101°15'W & 1°26'N20.8°/21.7°CEquatorial WaveGood chances for action
98°52'W & 2°10'N23.4°/23.9°C1999M SeamountSome chances for action
88°38'W & 0°48'S23.4°/24.0°C503M SeamountSome chances for action
89°18'W & 0°07'S23.2°/24.1°C199M SeamountSome chances for action
89°22'W & 2°20'S20.8°/21.5°C1.0°C Sst changeSome chances for action
90°42'W & 1°30'S20.8°/21.5°C1.0°C Sst changeSome chances for action
90°58'W & 2°59'N 24.5°/25.2°CParamount SeamountSome chances for action
91°27'W & 0°51'N23.9°/24.5°C256M SeamountSome chances for action


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Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc.
2871 Southwest 69th Court Miami, Florida 33155-2829
Tel (305) 262-8336 Fax (305) 265-9077
Internet: www.roffs.com email: fish@roffs.com