Chicama - El Point surf break

Chicama - El Point surfForecast / La Libertad & Lambayeque / Peru

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 -05
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Chicama - El Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Chicama - El Point sea temperature is
18.3° C
(Which is 4.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Chicama - El Point today?

The current surf forecast for Chicama - El Point at 2PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)15s

Table - waves today at Chicama - El Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)121212161615151414131313131212121212121211111117
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)114140137155157139171350241215212427245220212359353209205167150230230283
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:17AM
0.99
4:34PM
1.23
3:55AM
1.03
5:07PM
1.29
4:32AM
1.06
5:37PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:50AM
0.18
10:43PM
0.51
10:24AM
0.14
11:16PM
0.48
10:56AM
0.12
11:48PM
0.46
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise-6:11-------6:11-------6:13------
Sunset----6:43-------6:43-------6:43---
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212123232322222121212223232323222222232424232323
Feels °C (?)212123232321222121222323232324232323242424232324
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