El Playon surfForecast / Ica / Peru

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 06 Apr 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
19.8° C
(Which is 1.3°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 2PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
1
2
2
1
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
4
2
4
2
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.6
SSW
1.3
S
1
SSW
1.3
S
1.5
S
0.9
SW
1.5
S
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)1213131313121312101010129129121812181817171716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)705825915929569475659383320392384833303269290639534617522607679711805786
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:21AM
0.75
8:37PM
0.42
10:14AM
0.71
9:04PM
0.37
11:21AM
0.68
9:44PM
0.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:04AM
0.16
4:16PM
0.33
2:30AM
0.19
6:00PM
0.35
2:59AM
0.23
8:54PM
0.33
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise-6:09-------6:11-------6:11------
Sunset----6:04-------6:04-------6:02---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202021222221212020202121212121212121222222212120
Feels °C (?)192020212120201920202220212121222122242221202120
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