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El Playon surfForecast / Ica / Peru

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 15 Feb 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
19.6° C
 (Which is 3.3°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 10PM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)--
Afternoon (15 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (15 Feb)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
S
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
WNW
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.5
SW
0.6
WNW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)12121111111116151510910101414141414161315151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)478478376370363192251232221221148239234211211211206200122116176174171217
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
5
S
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:03PM
0.87
5:39AM
0.47
6:30PM
0.90
6:16AM
0.51
6:57PM
0.91
6:54AM
0.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:45AM
0.24
11:23AM
0.09
1:09AM
0.22
11:59AM
0.09
1:33AM
0.20
12:36PM
0.11
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise-----6:03-------6:03-------6:03--
Sunset6:35-------6:35-------6:35-------
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232222222222232323232322222223232322222222232323
Feels °C (?)232223242424242324232423242424232323242524252323
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