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El Playon surfForecast / Ica / Peru

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 12 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
20.0° C
 (Which is 2.3°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 7AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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)
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
2
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)1414141413131313121212991219191313141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)969591898784838077747395745596968588100103140208276261
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
0.54
3:14PM
0.69
1:42AM
0.48
4:02PM
0.73
2:45AM
0.44
4:43PM
0.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:46AM
0.17
9:40PM
0.40
8:27AM
0.17
10:48PM
0.36
9:08AM
0.15
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise---5:47-------5:47-------5:48----
Sunset------6:39-------6:39-------6:39-
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222121212222222121202021222222222221212123222222
Feels °C (?)222122212321212021202122242222222221222223212121
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