Islote Zarate Surf Forecast

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Peru (129 surf breaks)

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Islote Zarate surfForecast / Ica / Peru

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 -05

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Islote Zarate surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Islote Zarate sea temperature is 15.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Islote Zarate today?

The current surf forecast for Islote Zarate at 4PM is: 2.1m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (-05) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	15s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	14s
Evening (16 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	14s

Table - waves today at Islote Zarate. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	!	!	!	!	!	3	4	4	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2274	2118	1848	1823	1629	1073	947	933	854	757	746	604	576	549	540	471	421	414	407	400	331	320	314	314
Wind (km/h)	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross	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	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:34PM 0.41				3:27AM 0.86				3:43PM 0.46					4:17AM 0.88				4:33PM 0.52				4:58AM 0.89
Low Tide / height (m)	9:43AM 0.24				8:08PM 0.16					10:29AM 0.20			9:13PM 0.14					11:05AM 0.17				10:06PM 0.13

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Ica

Wind Update Wind reports 19 km away suggest it is still onshore at Islote Zarate (light winds from the WNW.(Wind varies from 270 to 330 degs) at Pisco Airport). A 2.1m groundswell from the SSW is too big for here
1 hour 52 minutes ago Islote Zarate

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19 km away, 1 h 52 min ago

15 km/h

WNW

0.0

15.6

Air / Water (°C)

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