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Chicama - El Point surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 -05
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
19.3° C
(Which is 1.9°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 6AM is: 1.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)5ft (1.6m)16s
Afternoon (20 Apr)5ft (1.5m)15s
Evening (20 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
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
Period(s) (?)161616161615151514141414141414131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11791179117911641149102896210451016810726648639630604511451444444437431382326321
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
S
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:34AM
1.40
6:17PM
1.18
7:28AM
1.34
7:06PM
1.07
8:31AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:00AM
-0.00
12:42PM
0.38
12:44AM
0.05
1:38PM
0.46
1:34AM
0.14
2:46PM
0.54
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise---6:18-------6:18-------6:18----
Sunset------6:13-------6:13-------6:12-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222222212323232222212121232323212121212022222221
Feels °C (?)232323212322222222212121232222202021212022212019
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