El Camotal surfForecast / Ancash / Peru

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 -05
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El Camotal surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Camotal sea temperature is
18.5° C
(Which is 3.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Camotal today?

The current surf forecast for El Camotal at 1PM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 17). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Afternoon (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
WNW
0.4
NW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.3
NW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)1415151555566666513555551212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)215421214251676050413233372718191917111414141414
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:51AM
1.07
4:40PM
1.04
5:34AM
1.13
5:17PM
1.00
6:20AM
1.15
5:57PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54AM
0.27
11:07PM
0.02
11:40AM
0.28
11:43PM
-0.00
12:29PM
0.31
12:22AM
0.01
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise-6:16-------6:16-------6:16------
Sunset----6:07-------6:07-------6:07---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212122222221212121212222222121212121222222212221
Feels °C (?)222222222221222223222322232222222222232222222322
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