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Puerto Caballas surf break

Puerto Caballas surfForecast / Ica / Peru

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 -05
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Puerto Caballas surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Puerto Caballas sea temperature is
20.5° C
 (Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Puerto Caballas today?

The current surf forecast for Puerto Caballas at 12PM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)6ft (1.9m)15s
Afternoon (20 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (20 Jan)5ft (1.5m)13s

Table - waves today at Puerto Caballas. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
2
1
2
2
2
3
4
4
3
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
2
0
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515141313131414141414131313131313131414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9741356151610341127820820845811811811691590501494431424424424653691691538479
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
S
5
ESE
0
E
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
5
S
0
SSW
5
NNE
10
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassonononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassonononcross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
on		onononglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:10AM
0.44
8:07PM
0.91
7:53AM
0.46
8:35PM
0.89
8:40AM
0.49
9:04PM
0.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30AM
0.25
12:50PM
0.10
3:00AM
0.24
1:25PM
0.14
3:29AM
0.23
2:03PM
0.19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise-5:50-------5:50-------5:52------
Sunset----6:39-------6:39-------6:39---
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clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222223232322222122222324242223222222242323232322
Feels °C (?)242424232323232225252424242224242525252324252524
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