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Chicama - El Cape / Keys surfForecast / La Libertad & Lambayeque / Peru

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 23 Jan 2026 -05
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Chicama - El Cape / Keys surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Chicama - El Cape / Keys 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 Cape / Keys today?

The current surf forecast for Chicama - El Cape / Keys at 8PM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

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 Cape / Keys. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)121313131313131312121212121414141313131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)251376394394388273273273260210188178171293447471400380374451326376353255
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
15
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononglassonononononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:07AM
1.07
7:40PM
1.33
7:57AM
1.05
8:16PM
1.27
8:57AM
1.02
9:00PM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:09PM
0.28
2:07AM
0.36
1:49PM
0.38
2:50AM
0.34
2:39PM
0.48
3:42AM
0.33
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise-------6:15-------6:15-------6:16
Sunset--6:44-------6:44-------6:44-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232323232322222223232323232222222323232323222222
Feels °C (?)242323232423232424232223242423232323232324232324
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