Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Chicama - Malpaso today (19 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 20s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 19s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 18s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Chicama - Malpaso at 6AM is: 0.5m 20s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (-05) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 20s |
| Afternoon (19 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 19s |
| Evening (19 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 18s |
Table - waves today at Chicama - Malpaso. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Sat morning, min 20°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 21 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | WSW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | WSW 18 | SW 18 | WSW 18 | WSW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | WSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | S 7 | SW 15 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 139 | 194 | 188 | 186 | 251 | 183 | 179 | 162 | 155 | 154 | 207 | 249 | 204 | 200 | 130 | 127 | 125 | 171 | 208 | 211 | 211 | 113 | 77 | 107 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off |
High Tide | 9:11AM0.80m | 00:18AM0.95m | 11:25AM0.77m | 1:29AM1.01m | 12:57PM0.82m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:30AM0.73m | 4:14PM0.49m | 7:29AM0.70m | 6:07PM0.49m | 8:17AM0.63m | 7:20PM0.44m | ||||||||||||||||||
 | |  | | | | | |  | |  | |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:13 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
Feels °C | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 12 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | SW 15 | SW 15 | S 7 |
| kJ | 139 | 124 | 111 | 114 | 125 | 121 | 119 | 119 | 100 | 100 | 79 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 68 | 59 | 61 | 59 | 61 | 61 | 113 | 77 | 61 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 21 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | WSW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 18 | WSW 18 | WSW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 10 | WSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 15 |
| kJ | 110 | 137 | 134 | 132 | 251 | 183 | 179 | 162 | 119 | 119 | 116 | 249 | 204 | 200 | 130 | 127 | 64 | 171 | 208 | 211 | 211 | 34 | 33 | 107 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 12 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | SW 18 | SW 18 | WSW 18 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | S 11 | WSW 20 | SW 16 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 9 |
| kJ | 3 | 194 | 188 | 186 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 155 | 154 | 207 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 125 | 63 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 23 | 23 | 29 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 6 | — | — | — | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | — | — | — | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | — | — | — | — | — | S 7 | S 7 | — |
| kJ | 116 | — | — | — | 120 | 121 | 121 | 100 | — | — | — | 79 | 79 | 77 | 74 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | 61 | 77 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 56 | 546 | 564 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 546 | 493 | 56 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 541 | 541 | 56 | 3 |
Best forecast wave conditions in La Libertad and Lambayeque | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Peru | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Chicama - Malpaso surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest