El Playon Surf Forecast

/ Ica (6 surf breaks) /

Peru (129 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (13.90° S 76.40° W)

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El Playon surfForecast / Ica / Peru

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 08 Sep 2025 -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 15.2° C
(Which is 1.1°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 1AM is: 1.1m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.9m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-05) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	16s
Afternoon (09 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	16s
Evening (09 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	15s

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

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	Monday 08			Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	2	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	4	4	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1547	1641	1450	1277	1151	1013	1092	1043	1192	1079	1027	846	826	831	829	827	798	777	827	815	910	1104	1309	1276
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	ESE	SSE	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:50PM 0.68					7:02AM 0.87				7:36PM 0.74				7:38AM 0.80				8:26PM 0.78				8:17AM 0.71
Low Tide / height (m)				12:39AM 0.13					1:28PM 0.09				1:30AM 0.17				2:00PM 0.08				2:26AM 0.22

	Monday 08			Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15
Feels °C (?)	10	10	11	12	13	13	14	13	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	16	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Ica

Wind Update Offshore wind reported 28 km from San Gallan (light winds from the WNW at Pisco 28 km from San Gallan). 2.3m 8s swell from the S with a 1.1m 8s swell, also from the S. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 37 minutes ago San Gallan

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27 km away, 1 h 37 min ago

15 km/h

WNW

0.0

15.2

Air / Water (°C)

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