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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 Friday 23 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
18.5° 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 7AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (23 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (23 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)131312121213131313131313121212121214141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)376406218218251376394394388273273273260210188178171293447471400380374451
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:07AM
1.07
7:40PM
1.33
7:57AM
1.05
8:16PM
1.27
8:57AM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:29AM
0.38
1:09PM
0.28
2:07AM
0.36
1:49PM
0.38
2:50AM
0.34
2:39PM
0.48
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise---6:13-------6:15-------6:15----
Sunset------6:44-------6:44-------6:44-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232222222323232322222121232323232322222223232323
Feels °C (?)242323242523232423232223252323232424232324232324
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