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Bocapán

Tumbes, Contralmirante Villar - Zorritos · Intermediate Poor
1.0m
1/10
12s 21 km/h
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Bocapán - surf spot in Tumbes
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About Bocapán

Bocapán is a beach located in the district of Zorritos, province of Contralmirante Villar, in Tumbes, in northern Peru, known for its left-hand wave that breaks over a sand and rock bottom. It is a fun point break, ideal for intermediate surfers, with sections that shape up well and pleasant rides in a warm, tropical sea setting. The mild water all year round allows comfortable surfing without a wetsuit in any season. Beyond surfing, the area offers an interesting range of tourism: lodging, houses and apartments to rent, and humpback whale watching tours in season, one of the great natural spectacles of the north. Its proximity to the Zorritos beach town adds services and seafood cuisine. For the traveler exploring Tumbes, Bocapán is a stop that combines quality waves, warm water and nature, with the relaxed atmosphere of Peru's far north.

Characteristics

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

Current Conditions

Updated 23/08/2026 18:01

Poor
1/10

Waves

1.0m

6.1s period

Primary Swell

0.3m

11.9s WSW

Wind

21 km/h

Gusts 38 km/h WSW

Secondary Swell

0.2m

7.3s SW

Temp.

26.8°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.1

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 06:25
↓ 18:26
🌙
↑ 14:59
↓ 02:48
🌖 Waxing Gibbous

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 18:42 - 0.33m

Today's Tides

Low Tide

06:18

0.60m

High Tide

12:08

1.15m

Low Tide

18:42

0.33m

Weekly Summary

Today

0.9m-1.0m

11s

WSW WSW WSW
18 km/h
🌖

Tomorrow

0.6m-1.1m

8s

WSW WSW WSW
14 km/h
🌖

Tue

0.7m-1.0m

6s

WSW WSW WSW
13 km/h
🌖

Wed

0.7m-0.8m

7s

WSW WSW WSW
11 km/h
🌖

Thu

0.6m-0.9m

12s

WSW WSW WSW
16 km/h
🌕

Fri

0.8m-1.2m

14s

WSW WSW WSW
15 km/h
🌕

Sat

1.2m-1.3m

12s

SW SW SW
18 km/h
🌕

Sun

1.0m-1.3m

11s

SW SW SW
13 km/h
🌕

Mon

0.8m-1.0m

10s

SW SW SW
12 km/h
🌔

Tue

0.8m-1.0m

10s

SW SW SW
13 km/h
🌔

Wed

0.0m-0.0m

10 km/h
🌔

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 06:18 (0.60m) 12:08 (1.15m) 18:42 (0.33m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Already passed
Afternoon Poor

1.0m - 1.0m

238° WSW
Period: 10s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 9s
⚡ 49 kJ
At night Poor

0.9m - 1.0m

238° WSW
Period: 11s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 9s
⚡ 48 kJ
Tides: 01:17 (1.21m) 07:18 (0.51m) 13:12 (1.24m) 19:35 (0.25m)
Morning Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

246° WSW
Period: 6s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 9 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

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

1.0m - 1.0m

238° WSW
Period: 13s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 6s
⚡ 83 kJ
At night Fair

0.9m - 1.1m

243° WSW
Period: 7s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 19 kJ
Tides: 02:05 (1.35m) 08:02 (0.44m) 13:53 (1.34m) 20:11 (0.15m)
Morning Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

241° WSW
Period: 4s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 5 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.8m

240° WSW
Period: 9s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 19 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

240° WSW
Period: 5s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 10 kJ
At night Fair

0.9m - 1.0m

246° WSW
Period: 6s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 14 kJ
Tides: 02:41 (1.47m) 08:42 (0.34m) 14:30 (1.43m) 20:45 (0.09m)
Morning Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

249° WSW
Period: 5s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 12s
⚡ 6 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

245° WSW
Period: 9s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 8s
⚡ 19 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

248° WSW
Period: 5s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 11s
⚡ 6 kJ
At night Fair

0.7m - 0.8m

248° WSW
Period: 8s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 10s
⚡ 15 kJ
Tides: 03:11 (1.58m) 09:12 (0.26m) 15:07 (1.51m) 21:17 (0.00m)
Morning Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

236° SW
Period: 12s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 35 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

239° WSW
Period: 12s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 8s
⚡ 45 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.8m - 0.9m

242° WSW
Period: 13s
24 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 4s
⚡ 53 kJ
At night Poor

0.7m - 0.9m

241° WSW
Period: 13s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 4s
⚡ 41 kJ
Tides: 03:39 (1.66m) 09:43 (0.14m) 15:39 (1.54m) 21:50 (-0.06m)
Morning Fair

0.9m - 0.9m

235° SW
Period: 14s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 10s
⚡ 78 kJ
Midday Poor

0.9m - 1.0m

234° SW
Period: 14s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 14s
⚡ 78 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.1m - 1.1m

234° SW
Period: 13s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 14s
⚡ 100 kJ
At night Fair

1.0m - 1.2m

233° SW
Period: 13s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 83 kJ
Tides: 04:07 (1.69m) 10:16 (0.02m) 16:15 (1.57m) 22:20 (-0.09m)
Morning Good

1.2m - 1.2m

233° SW
Period: 12s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 4s
⚡ 102 kJ
Midday Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

233° SW
Period: 12s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 4s
⚡ 102 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

233° SW
Period: 12s
27 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 4s
⚡ 119 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

233° SW
Period: 12s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 5s
⚡ 119 kJ
Morning Good

1.1m - 1.1m

233° SW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 4s
⚡ 72 kJ
Midday Poor

1.0m - 1.1m

232° SW
Period: 11s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 4s
⚡ 59 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.1m - 1.1m

232° SW
Period: 11s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 4s
⚡ 72 kJ
At night Fair

1.2m - 1.3m

232° SW
Period: 11s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 4s
⚡ 86 kJ
Morning Fair

0.9m - 0.9m

229° SW
Period: 10s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 4s
⚡ 40 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.9m

228° SW
Period: 10s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 16s
⚡ 31 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

229° SW
Period: 10s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 40 kJ
At night Fair

0.9m - 1.0m

230° SW
Period: 10s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 8s
⚡ 40 kJ
Morning Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

221° SW
Period: 10s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 14s
⚡ 31 kJ
Midday Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

224° SW
Period: 10s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 16s
⚡ 40 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.0m - 1.0m

224° SW
Period: 10s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 16s
⚡ 49 kJ
At night Fair

0.8m - 0.9m

227° SW
Period: 10s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 31 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
5 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
16 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
18 km/h
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
Sun 23 Aug 18:00 1.0m 6s 0.4m / 10s WSW 23 km/h 0.2m / 9s SW - 0.10 m/s 0.8 10+ km 0.35m
1
Sun 23 Aug 19:00 1.0m 6s 0.3m / 12s WSW 21 km/h 0.2m / 7s SW - - 0.1 10+ km 0.33m
1
Sun 23 Aug 20:00 1.0m 6s 0.4m / 12s WSW 18 km/h 0.2m / 7s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.41m
1
Sun 23 Aug 21:00 0.9m 6s 0.4m / 12s WSW 16 km/h 0.2m / 8s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.57m
1
Sun 23 Aug 22:00 0.9m 6s 0.5m / 10s WSW 16 km/h 0.2m / 10s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.78m
1
Sun 23 Aug 23:00 0.9m 7s 0.5m / 9s WSW 12 km/h 0.3m / 12s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.98m
1

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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.

Today's conditions at Bocapán

Right now, Bocapán has waves of about 1.0m with a swell period of 12 seconds and WSW (21 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Bocapán you can practice surf. You can get there by car.

Water temperature and wetsuit

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

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Bocapán

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

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf

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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