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Bocapán

Tumbes, Contralmirante Villar - Zorritos · Intermediate Poor
1.0m
2/10
7s 15 km/h
Bocapán - surf spot in Tumbes

About Bocapán

Playa Bocapán se ubica en el departamento de Tumbes, distrito de Zorritos (provincia de Contralmirante Villar), al norte de Perú. Es una playa conocida por ser un point break de izquierda (arena y roca/reef) ideal para el surf. Cerca ofrece alojamiento (casas/departamentos en Airbnb), tours de avistamiento de ballenas y servicios en el cercano balneario de Zorritos.

Characteristics

Level
Requires basic paddling and pop-up skills. Moderate power.
·
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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-3.7095°, -80.7346° Tumbes

Bocapán — Tumbes

Current Conditions

Updated 08/07/2026 21:02

Poor
2/10

Waves

1.0m

8.1s period

Primary Swell

0.7m

7.0s WSW

Wind

15 km/h

Gusts 26 km/h WSW

Secondary Swell

0.5m

9.3s WSW

Temp.

26.8°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
06:30
18:25
🌙
00:34
12:51
🌓 Last Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 03:35 - 0.34m

Today's Tides

Low Tide

02:35

0.30m

High Tide

08:58

1.47m

Low Tide

15:35

0.23m

High Tide

21:45

1.22m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.0m-1.1m

7s

WSW WSW
15 km/h
🌓

Tomorrow

0.8m-1.0m

10s

WSW WSW WSW
13 km/h
🌓

Fri

0.8m-1.0m

12s

WSW WSW WSW
13 km/h
🌒

Sat

0.8m-1.0m

11s

SW SW SW
14 km/h
🌒

Sun

0.7m-0.8m

11s

SW SW SW
12 km/h
🌒

Mon

0.6m-0.7m

10s

SW SW SW
11 km/h
🌑

Tue

0.6m-0.8m

11s

SW SW SW
17 km/h
🌑

Wed

0.7m-1.0m

11s

SW SW SW
12 km/h
🌑

Thu

0.7m-0.9m

10s

SW SW SW
11 km/h
🌑

Fri

0.7m-0.9m

9s

SW SW SW
13 km/h
🌘

Sat

0.0m-0.0m

16 km/h
🌘

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 02:35 (0.30m) 08:58 (1.47m) 15:35 (0.23m) 21:45 (1.22m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Already passed
Afternoon Already passed
At night Poor

1.0m - 1.1m

249° WSW
Period: 7s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 10s
⚡ 24 kJ
Tides: 03:35 (0.34m) 09:58 (1.43m) 16:39 (0.16m) 22:56 (1.23m)
Morning Fair

0.8m - 0.9m

230° SW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 6s
⚡ 31 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

240° WSW
Period: 11s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 6s
⚡ 38 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

241° WSW
Period: 9s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 10s
⚡ 32 kJ
At night Poor

0.9m - 1.0m

249° WSW
Period: 10s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 8s
⚡ 40 kJ
Tides: 04:50 (0.35m) 11:00 (1.38m) 17:44 (0.04m)
Morning Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

236° SW
Period: 12s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 6s
⚡ 45 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

236° SW
Period: 12s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 9s
⚡ 45 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

236° SW
Period: 12s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 6s
⚡ 57 kJ
At night Fair

0.9m - 1.0m

235° SW
Period: 12s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 4s
⚡ 57 kJ
Tides: 00:07 (1.24m) 06:05 (0.28m) 12:10 (1.38m) 18:46 (-0.07m)
Morning Fair

0.9m - 0.9m

236° SW
Period: 11s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 4s
⚡ 48 kJ
Midday Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

236° SW
Period: 11s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 6s
⚡ 48 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

234° SW
Period: 11s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 48 kJ
At night Poor

0.9m - 1.0m

235° SW
Period: 11s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 5s
⚡ 48 kJ
Tides: 01:14 (1.37m) 07:15 (0.21m) 13:13 (1.45m) 19:46 (-0.18m)
Morning Fair

0.7m - 0.8m

230° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 6s
⚡ 29 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

230° SW
Period: 11s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 6s
⚡ 29 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

230° SW
Period: 11s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 29 kJ
At night Poor

0.7m - 0.8m

231° SW
Period: 11s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 29 kJ
Tides: 02:14 (1.53m) 08:14 (0.13m) 14:12 (1.53m) 20:39 (-0.28m)
Morning Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

236° SW
Period: 10s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 18s
⚡ 18 kJ
Midday Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

228° SW
Period: 10s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 17s
⚡ 18 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

227° SW
Period: 10s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 17s
⚡ 18 kJ
At night Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

233° SW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 15s
⚡ 24 kJ
Tides: 03:08 (1.65m) 09:12 (0.06m) 15:10 (1.61m) 21:30 (-0.32m)
Morning Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

230° SW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 15s
⚡ 21 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

230° SW
Period: 14s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 12s
⚡ 47 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

230° SW
Period: 11s
29 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 38 kJ
At night Fair

0.7m - 0.8m

233° SW
Period: 11s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 14s
⚡ 29 kJ
Morning Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

224° SW
Period: 11s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 9s
⚡ 29 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

220° SW
Period: 11s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 10s
⚡ 38 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.9m - 1.0m

220° SW
Period: 11s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 48 kJ
At night Fair

0.8m - 1.0m

224° SW
Period: 11s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 38 kJ
Morning Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

223° SW
Period: 10s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 9s
⚡ 31 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

223° SW
Period: 10s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 9s
⚡ 24 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

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

0.8m - 0.9m

221° SW
Period: 9s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 25 kJ
Morning Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

223° SW
Period: 10s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 10s
⚡ 24 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

224° SW
Period: 10s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 12s
⚡ 24 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.8m - 0.9m

225° SW
Period: 9s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 14s
⚡ 25 kJ
At night Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

221° SW
Period: 9s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 11s
⚡ 25 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
11 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
27 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
24 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
11 km/h

Hourly Forecast

Showing 6 of 240 hours
Hour Waves Period Swell Dir. Wind Secondary Swell Tertiary Swell Current UV Vis. Tide Rating
Wed 08 Jul 22:00 1.1m 8s 0.7m / 7s WSW 16 km/h 0.6m / 10s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 1.22m
1
Wed 08 Jul 23:00 1.0m 8s 0.7m / 7s WSW 15 km/h 0.5m / 9s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 1.13m
2
Thu 09 Jul 00:00 1.0m 8s 0.7m / 8s WSW 13 km/h 0.5m / 8s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.94m
2
Thu 09 Jul 01:00 1.0m 8s 0.6m / 9s WSW 12 km/h 0.4m / 7s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.71m
1
Thu 09 Jul 02:00 0.9m 8s 0.6m / 10s WSW 10 km/h 0.4m / 7s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.50m
1
Thu 09 Jul 03:00 0.9m 9s 0.6m / 10s SW 7 km/h 0.5m / 7s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.36m
3

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Surf information for Bocapán

Bocapán is a Intermediate level surf spot located in Contralmirante Villar, Tumbes, Perú. The bottom surface is arena.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf

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)
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