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Acapulco

Tumbes, Contralmirante Villar - Zorritos · Beginner Good
1.1m
6/10
11s 9 km/h
Acapulco - surf spot in Tumbes

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

Acapulco — Tumbes

Current Conditions

Updated 19/10/2026 00:02

Good
6/10

Waves

1.1m

10.1s period

Primary Swell

0.8m

11.3s SW

Wind

9 km/h

Gusts 17 km/h SW

Secondary Swell

0.4m

10.1s NW

Temp.

28.8°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

5.5 km

Moderate

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 06:01
↓ 18:13
🌙
↑ 13:10
↓ 00:57
🌗 First Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 03:13 - 0.77m

Best Time to Surf Today

06:00 - 09:00

🌊 1.0m 💨 8 km/h
Good 5.7/10 avg.

Today's Tides

Low Tide

03:13

0.77m

High Tide

09:00

1.18m

Low Tide

15:30

0.61m

High Tide

22:23

1.33m

Weekly Summary

Today

0.9m-1.1m

12s

SW SW SW
11 km/h
🌗

Tomorrow

1.0m-1.1m

11s

SW SW SW
11 km/h
🌗

Wed

1.0m-1.1m

11s

WSW WSW WSW
9 km/h
🌖

Thu

1.0m-1.3m

11s

W WSW WSW
7 km/h
🌖

Fri

1.0m-1.3m

10s

WSW SW SW
10 km/h
🌖

Sat

0.8m-1.1m

8s

WSW WSW SW
10 km/h
🌖

Sun

0.6m-0.8m

9s

WNW WNW WNW
11 km/h
🌕

Mon

0.6m-0.6m

12s

WNW WNW WNW
11 km/h
🌕

Tue

0.6m-0.6m

14s

WNW WNW WNW
10 km/h
🌕

Wed

0.0m-0.0m

10 km/h
🌔

Thu

0.0m-0.0m

8 km/h
🌔

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 03:13 (0.77m) 09:00 (1.18m) 15:30 (0.61m) 22:23 (1.33m)
Morning Good

1.0m - 1.0m

236° SW
Period: 11s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 59 kJ
Midday Fair

0.9m - 0.9m

235° SW
Period: 12s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 57 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.9m - 0.9m

235° SW
Period: 12s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 57 kJ
At night Good

1.0m - 1.1m

236° SW
Period: 12s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 12s
⚡ 71 kJ
Tides: 04:54 (0.75m) 10:47 (1.19m) 16:52 (0.62m) 23:37 (1.42m)
Morning Good

1.0m - 1.0m

234° SW
Period: 12s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 15s
⚡ 71 kJ
Midday Fair

1.0m - 1.1m

235° SW
Period: 11s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 17s
⚡ 59 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

237° WSW
Period: 11s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 15s
⚡ 72 kJ
At night Good

1.0m - 1.1m

234° SW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 13s
⚡ 59 kJ
Tides: 06:00 (0.66m) 12:00 (1.33m) 17:57 (0.61m)
Morning Good

1.1m - 1.1m

302° WNW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 14s
⚡ 72 kJ
Midday Fair

1.0m - 1.0m

302° WNW
Period: 11s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 12s
⚡ 59 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.1m - 1.1m

302° WNW
Period: 12s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 86 kJ
At night Good

1.1m - 1.1m

237° WSW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 72 kJ
Tides: 00:21 (1.59m) 06:52 (0.56m) 12:53 (1.47m) 18:50 (0.54m)
Morning Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

237° WSW
Period: 12s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 86 kJ
Midday Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

236° SW
Period: 12s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 86 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.2m - 1.3m

236° SW
Period: 10s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 71 kJ
At night Good

1.2m - 1.3m

237° WSW
Period: 10s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 71 kJ
Tides: 01:04 (1.68m) 07:23 (0.38m) 13:26 (1.61m) 19:30 (0.43m)
Morning Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

236° SW
Period: 12s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 6s
⚡ 86 kJ
Midday Poor

1.0m - 1.0m

236° SW
Period: 12s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 7s
⚡ 71 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.1m - 1.2m

231° SW
Period: 9s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 9s
⚡ 48 kJ
At night Good

1.1m - 1.3m

236° SW
Period: 9s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 8s
⚡ 48 kJ
Tides: 01:37 (1.76m) 08:00 (0.21m) 14:10 (1.71m) 20:10 (0.34m)
Morning Fair

0.8m - 0.9m

226° SW
Period: 8s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 20 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

224° SW
Period: 8s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 20 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.8m - 0.9m

223° SW
Period: 10s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 31 kJ
At night Fair

0.9m - 1.1m

237° WSW
Period: 7s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 11s
⚡ 19 kJ
Morning Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

243° WSW
Period: 9s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 19 kJ
Midday Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

284° WNW
Period: 9s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 14 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

284° WNW
Period: 9s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 14 kJ
At night Poor

0.7m - 0.8m

284° WNW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 24 kJ
Morning Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

300° WNW
Period: 12s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 15s
⚡ 25 kJ
Midday Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

300° WNW
Period: 12s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 14s
⚡ 25 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

301° WNW
Period: 13s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 15s
⚡ 30 kJ
At night Good

0.6m - 0.6m

285° WNW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 21 kJ
Morning Good

0.6m - 0.6m

290° WNW
Period: 13s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 30 kJ
Midday Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

290° WNW
Period: 13s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 30 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

229° SW
Period: 14s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 35 kJ
At night Good

0.6m - 0.6m

288° WNW
Period: 14s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 35 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
9 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
15 km/h
Afternoon Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
10 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
8 km/h
Morning
Midday
Afternoon
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
8 km/h

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
Mon 19 Oct 01:00 1.1m 10s 0.8m / 11s SW 9 km/h 0.4m / 10s NW - - 0.0 6.5 km 0.92m
5
Mon 19 Oct 02:00 1.1m 10s 0.8m / 11s SW 9 km/h 0.4m / 10s NW - - 0.0 5.5 km 0.82m
6
Mon 19 Oct 03:00 1.1m 10s 0.8m / 11s SW 6 km/h 0.4m / 10s NW - - 0.0 5.9 km 0.77m
6
Mon 19 Oct 04:00 1.0m 11s 0.8m / 11s SW 5 km/h 0.4m / 10s NW - - 0.0 5.6 km 0.79m
6
Mon 19 Oct 05:00 1.0m 11s 0.8m / 11s SW 4 km/h 0.4m / 11s NW - - 0.0 9.1 km 0.85m
7
Mon 19 Oct 06:00 1.0m 11s 0.8m / 11s SW 5 km/h 0.4m / 12s NW - 0.06 m/s 0.0 7.1 km 0.95m
7

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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 1.1m with a swell period of 11 seconds and SW (9 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 29 °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 29 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf buceo

Services

restaurantes hospedaje

Access

auto

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)
View full methodology
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