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Acapulco

Tumbes, Contralmirante Villar - Zorritos · Beginner Poor
1.4m
2/10
12s 23 km/h
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Acapulco - surf spot in Tumbes
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About Acapulco

Acapulco beach is located in the district of Zorritos, province of Contralmirante Villar, in Tumbes, at the far north of Peru. It is a beach of warm, crystal-clear and calm waters, much appreciated for its curious geological formations and its relaxed atmosphere. In the water it is a beach break with gentle waves over a sand bottom, ideal for beginners and for combining surfing with swimming, diving and rest. The tropical water, warm all year round, is one of its biggest draws and lets you get in the sea without a wetsuit in any season. The area has lodging, restaurants, Wi-Fi and nearby parking, which makes it easy to spend several days. For the traveler seeking sun, warm sea and easy waves in the north of the country, Acapulco is a perfect stop along the Tumbes coast, with the quiet charm of the beaches of Peru's far north.

Characteristics

Level
Gentle waves, ideal for learning. Low risk.
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Surface
Type of seabed where the waves break.
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Direction
Direction the wave breaks as seen from the water.

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-3.7094°, -80.7258° Tumbes
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Acapulco — Tumbes

Current Conditions

Updated 15/08/2026 15:22

Poor
2/10

Waves

1.4m

8.5s period

Primary Swell

0.9m

12.2s WSW

Wind

23 km/h

Gusts 41 km/h WSW

Secondary Swell

0.9m

12.2s WSW

Temp.

27.0°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.9

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 06:27
↓ 18:27
🌙
↑ 08:42
↓ 21:05
🌘 Waxing Crescent

Current

0.16 m/s

WSW

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 23:27 - -0.20m

Today's Tides

High Tide

05:06

1.84m

Low Tide

11:17

-0.14m

High Tide

17:20

1.68m

Low Tide

23:27

-0.20m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.3m-1.5m

12s

WSW WSW WSW
16 km/h
🌘

Tomorrow

1.0m-1.4m

11s

WSW WSW WSW
13 km/h
🌘

Mon

1.0m-1.3m

8s

WSW WSW WSW
15 km/h
🌘

Tue

0.9m-1.5m

7s

WSW WSW WSW
18 km/h
🌘

Wed

1.1m-1.7m

7s

SW WSW WSW
17 km/h
🌗

Thu

0.9m-1.7m

6s

SW WSW WSW
12 km/h
🌗

Fri

0.6m-1.1m

7s

WSW WSW WSW
11 km/h
🌗

Sat

0.5m-0.7m

11s

WSW SW SW
10 km/h
🌗

Sun

0.6m-0.9m

10s

SW SW SW
13 km/h
🌖

Mon

0.6m-0.9m

8s

SW WSW WSW
10 km/h
🌖

Tue

0.8m-0.8m

5s

SW
8 km/h
🌖

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 05:06 (1.84m) 11:17 (-0.14m) 17:20 (1.68m) 23:27 (-0.20m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Already passed
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.4m

245° WSW
Period: 12s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 119 kJ
At night Fair

1.4m - 1.5m

248° WSW
Period: 12s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 9s
⚡ 139 kJ
Tides: 05:45 (1.77m) 11:56 (-0.09m) 18:01 (1.60m)
Morning Good

1.0m - 1.1m

246° WSW
Period: 12s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 6s
⚡ 71 kJ
Midday Fair

1.0m - 1.1m

245° WSW
Period: 12s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 7s
⚡ 71 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.3m

244° WSW
Period: 12s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 8s
⚡ 102 kJ
At night Good

1.3m - 1.4m

243° WSW
Period: 9s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 8s
⚡ 67 kJ
Tides: 00:04 (-0.07m) 06:21 (1.65m) 12:33 (0.00m) 18:43 (1.49m)
Morning Fair

1.0m - 1.1m

242° WSW
Period: 11s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 5s
⚡ 59 kJ
Midday Poor

1.1m - 1.1m

241° WSW
Period: 11s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 7s
⚡ 72 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

238° WSW
Period: 9s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 10s
⚡ 67 kJ
At night Fair

1.2m - 1.3m

241° WSW
Period: 6s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 10s
⚡ 25 kJ
Tides: 00:47 (0.09m) 06:58 (1.51m) 13:12 (0.11m) 19:23 (1.36m)
Morning Fair

0.9m - 1.0m

240° WSW
Period: 7s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 7s
⚡ 19 kJ
Midday Poor

1.0m - 1.0m

239° WSW
Period: 9s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 40 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.1m - 1.3m

237° WSW
Period: 9s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 48 kJ
At night Good

1.3m - 1.5m

241° WSW
Period: 6s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 10s
⚡ 30 kJ
Tides: 01:26 (0.25m) 07:39 (1.35m) 13:58 (0.21m) 20:14 (1.20m)
Morning Fair

1.2m - 1.4m

238° WSW
Period: 7s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 10s
⚡ 35 kJ
Midday Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

235° SW
Period: 8s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 8s
⚡ 45 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.5m

238° WSW
Period: 9s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 6s
⚡ 67 kJ
At night Fair

1.4m - 1.7m

241° WSW
Period: 7s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 10s
⚡ 47 kJ
Tides: 02:14 (0.36m) 08:25 (1.20m) 14:54 (0.28m) 21:23 (1.09m)
Morning Good

1.0m - 1.3m

223° SW
Period: 6s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 12s
⚡ 18 kJ
Midday Poor

0.9m - 1.0m

238° WSW
Period: 7s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 12s
⚡ 19 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.0m - 1.1m

223° SW
Period: 8s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 11s
⚡ 31 kJ
At night Fair

1.2m - 1.7m

238° WSW
Period: 5s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 18 kJ
Tides: 03:10 (0.48m) 09:30 (1.12m) 16:04 (0.37m)
Morning Good

0.7m - 0.9m

238° WSW
Period: 8s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 15 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

236° SW
Period: 7s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 10s
⚡ 12 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

235° SW
Period: 7s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 12 kJ
At night Fair

0.8m - 1.1m

239° WSW
Period: 7s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 15 kJ
Morning Good

0.6m - 0.6m

226° SW
Period: 11s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 18s
⚡ 21 kJ
Midday Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

226° SW
Period: 11s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 17s
⚡ 21 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

225° SW
Period: 11s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 17s
⚡ 21 kJ
At night Good

0.7m - 0.7m

226° SW
Period: 10s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 17s
⚡ 24 kJ
Morning Good

0.7m - 0.7m

227° SW
Period: 10s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 16s
⚡ 24 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

227° SW
Period: 10s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 16s
⚡ 24 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

226° SW
Period: 10s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 15s
⚡ 24 kJ
At night Fair

0.7m - 0.9m

226° SW
Period: 10s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 16s
⚡ 24 kJ
Morning Poor

0.7m - 0.9m

249° WSW
Period: 9s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 19 kJ
Midday Fair

0.7m - 0.8m

237° WSW
Period: 9s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 11s
⚡ 19 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.7m - 0.8m

227° SW
Period: 9s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 12s
⚡ 19 kJ
At night Poor

0.8m - 0.9m

226° SW
Period: 7s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 14s
⚡ 15 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
6 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
18 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
17 km/h
At night Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

227° SW
Period: 5s
3 km/h
⚡ 8 kJ

Hourly Forecast

Open-Meteo Copernicus
Showing 6 of 240 hours
Hour Waves Period Swell Dir. Wind Secondary Swell Tertiary Swell Current UV Vis. Tide Rating
Sat 15 Aug 17:00 1.3m 9s 0.9m / 12s WSW 24 km/h 0.2m / 6s SW - - 2.8 10+ km 1.67m
1
Sat 15 Aug 18:00 1.4m 9s 0.9m / 12s WSW 23 km/h 0.9m / 12s WSW - 0.16 m/s 0.9 10+ km 1.63m
2
Sat 15 Aug 19:00 1.4m 8s 0.8m / 12s WSW 22 km/h 0.2m / 8s SW - - 0.1 10+ km 1.36m
1
Sat 15 Aug 20:00 1.4m 8s 0.8m / 12s WSW 21 km/h 0.2m / 8s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.93m
1
Sat 15 Aug 21:00 1.5m 8s 0.8m / 13s WSW 7 km/h 0.9m / 12s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.44m
5
Sat 15 Aug 22:00 1.5m 8s 0.8m / 12s WSW 7 km/h 0.3m / 7s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.04m
4

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Surf information for Acapulco

Acapulco is a Beginner level surf spot located in Contralmirante Villar, Tumbes, Perú. The bottom surface is arena. The waves break both left and right.

Today's conditions at Acapulco

Right now, Acapulco has waves of about 1.4m with a swell period of 12 seconds and WSW (23 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Acapulco you can practice surf and scuba diving. The area offers restaurants and nearby lodging. You can get there by car.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at Acapulco is around 27 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Acapulco

Is the wave at Acapulco a left or a right?
Acapulco offers both left and right waves.
What level do you need to surf at Acapulco?
Acapulco is a spot recommended for beginner surfers.
Where is Acapulco located?
Acapulco is located in Zorritos, Contralmirante Villar, Tumbes, Peru.
How do you get to Acapulco?
You can reach Acapulco by car.
What is the water temperature at Acapulco?
The water is around 27 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf buceo

Services

restaurantes hospedaje

Access

auto

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Condition Scoring

Rating Algorithm 1-10

Each forecast hour receives a score from 1 to 10, calculated by adding points for different factors:

Wave Height (0-4 pts)

< 0.5m = 0 pts | 0.5-1.0m = 1 pt | 1.0-1.5m = 2 pts | 1.5-2.5m = 3 pts | > 2.5m = 4 pts

Dominant Period (-1 to 3 pts)

Uses the dominant/peak period (wave_period). < 8s = -1 pt (wind swell, messy) | 8-10s = 0 pts | 10-12s = 1 pt | 12-16s = 2 pts | > 16s = 3 pts

Wind (-2 to +2 pts)

Glassy (< 5 km/h): +2. Light wind (5-10 km/h): +1. Moderate wind (10-20 km/h): offshore +1, onshore -1. Strong wind (> 20 km/h): onshore -2, offshore -1. Wind data covers the full 15-day forecast window.

Secondary Swell (-1 to +1 pt)

If a secondary swell with height ≥ 0.3m and long period (≥ 10s) exists, +1 point is added. If the period is short (< 10s) and direction differs > 45° from the primary swell, -1 point penalty for crossed seas. If directions are similar (≤ 45°), no penalty is applied.

Rating by score:

Flat (1) Poor (2-3) Fair (4-5) Good (6-7) Epic (8-10)
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