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 12 am Thursday 18 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 15.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at El Playon today?

The current surf forecast for El Playon at 3AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-05) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	12s
Evening (18 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	12s

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

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		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	576	549	479	471	421	414	407	349	331	320	314	314	278	250	255	250	250	373	459	403	448	448	403	369
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	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
High Tide / height (m)				4:17AM 0.88				4:33PM 0.52				4:58AM 0.89				5:15PM 0.58				5:32AM 0.88				5:52PM 0.63
Low Tide / height (m)						11:05AM 0.17				10:06PM 0.13				11:36AM 0.15				10:52PM 0.13				12:02PM 0.14

		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Ica

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at El Playon (calm at Pisco Airport 22 km from El Playon). 1.2m 13s groundswell from the SW with a 1.1m 5s windswell from the S and a 0.3m 16s long period groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
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22 km away, 2 h 0 min ago

4 km/h

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15.6

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