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El Playon surfForecast / Ica / Peru

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 -05
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El Playon surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Playon sea temperature is
20.5° C
 (Which is 1.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Playon today?

The current surf forecast for El Playon at 3AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 17). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Afternoon (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (17 Jan)5ft (1.6m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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)
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
3
2
2
3
2
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)121616151514141313131312121212121212111111161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2112323665055308457997221073606587473451718706624539521416380319458464700
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
E
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassoncross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:12AM
0.41
6:32PM
0.87
5:50AM
0.42
7:05PM
0.90
6:28AM
0.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:05AM
0.08
1:23AM
0.27
11:40AM
0.07
1:56AM
0.26
12:14PM
0.07
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise---5:50-------5:50-------5:50----
Sunset------6:39-------6:39-------6:39-
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222121212222222222212121222222222222212122232323
Feels °C (?)201921212120202121202122242222222323232324242323
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