Centinela surfForecast / Ancash / Peru

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 -05
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Centinela surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Centinela sea temperature is
15.4° C
(Which is 2.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Centinela today?

The current surf forecast for Centinela at 4PM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (18 Sep)4ft (1.2m)12s

Table - waves today at Centinela. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121111111111121211111412121211131111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)435428428421361319309293288288250255259259189189500379268361325431204408
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:05PM
0.71
3:49AM
1.04
3:49PM
0.78
4:20AM
1.05
4:27PM
0.84
4:48AM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:46AM
0.32
9:07PM
0.18
10:17AM
0.27
9:49PM
0.17
10:44AM
0.24
10:27PM
0.18
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-------6:03-------6:03-------6:03
Sunset--6:07-------6:07-------6:07-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181918171716161618181817161616161718181616161515
Feels °C (?)181816161615161618161615151515151616161414141414
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Ancash

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Centinela (fresh winds from the S at Chimbote/Teniente FAP Jaime Montreuil Morales Airport 109 km from Centinela). 1.1m 12s groundswell from the SW with a 0.7m 8s swell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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