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Cabo Blanco

Piura, Talara - El Alto · Expert Poor
1.3m
3/10
11s 20 km/h
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Cabo Blanco - surf spot in Piura
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About Cabo Blanco

Cabo Blanco, a small fishing village in Talara (Piura), is one of Peru's most legendary waves, known as the 'Peruvian Pipeline'. It is a tubular, fast and very powerful left that breaks in shallow water over a reef bottom, forming perfect barrels when the right swell arrives. It is not a wave for everyone: the shallow water and the power of the tube reserve it for expert surfers. Its best conditions usually come during the southern hemisphere summer months, roughly between December and March, when north swells arrive, though it also wakes up on large south swells. Beyond its surfing fame, Cabo Blanco is a historic place: Ernest Hemingway spent time in its rich deep-sea fishing waters, drawn by the black marlin. Today it remains a quiet fishermen's corner where, on the days it works, one of the most perfect and coveted barrels of the South American Pacific comes to life.

Characteristics

Level
Extreme conditions. Only for very experienced surfers.
· 📅 December - March ·
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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-4.2499°, -81.2328° Piura
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Cabo Blanco — Piura

Current Conditions

Updated 19/10/2026 00:00

Poor
3/10

Waves

1.3m

11.2s period

Primary Swell

1.1m

11.2s SW

Wind

20 km/h

Gusts 31 km/h S

Secondary Swell

0.4m

10.0s WSW

Temp.

26.2°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

6.5 km

Moderate

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 06:03
↓ 18:16
🌙
↑ 13:11
↓ 01:00
🌗 First Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 03:18 - 0.77m

Best Time to Surf Today

09:00 - 12:00

🌊 1.2m 💨 15 km/h
Fair 5/10 avg.

Today's Tides

Low Tide

03:18

0.77m

High Tide

09:06

1.11m

Low Tide

15:21

0.61m

High Tide

22:39

1.28m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.2m-1.3m

11s

SW SW SW
19 km/h
🌗

Tomorrow

1.3m-1.5m

11s

SW SW SW
24 km/h
🌗

Wed

1.4m-1.4m

13s

SW SW SW
18 km/h
🌖

Thu

1.4m-1.7m

12s

SW SW SW
27 km/h
🌖

Fri

1.4m-1.6m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
29 km/h
🌖

Sat

1.1m-1.4m

9s

SSW SSW SSW
25 km/h
🌖

Sun

0.9m-1.1m

6s

SSW SSW SSW
17 km/h
🌕

Mon

0.9m-0.9m

9s

SSW SSW SSW
13 km/h
🌕

Tue

0.9m-0.9m

12s

SSW SSW SSW
9 km/h
🌕

Wed

0.0m-0.0m

9 km/h
🌔

Thu

0.0m-0.0m

8 km/h
🌔

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 03:18 (0.77m) 09:06 (1.11m) 15:21 (0.61m) 22:39 (1.28m)
Morning Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

217° SW
Period: 11s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 13s
⚡ 100 kJ
Midday Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

218° SW
Period: 11s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 86 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

218° SW
Period: 12s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 102 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

218° SW
Period: 11s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 100 kJ
Tides: 05:06 (0.76m) 10:42 (1.12m) 16:56 (0.62m) 23:39 (1.35m)
Morning Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

218° SW
Period: 11s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 18s
⚡ 100 kJ
Midday Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

219° SW
Period: 11s
31 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 17s
⚡ 116 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.4m - 1.5m

219° SW
Period: 10s
29 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 17s
⚡ 96 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.4m

218° SW
Period: 11s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 100 kJ
Tides: 06:07 (0.65m) 12:00 (1.25m) 18:00 (0.60m)
Morning Good

1.4m - 1.4m

218° SW
Period: 14s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 9s
⚡ 189 kJ
Midday Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

218° SW
Period: 14s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 9s
⚡ 189 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

217° SW
Period: 13s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 163 kJ
At night Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

217° SW
Period: 12s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 11s
⚡ 139 kJ
Tides: 00:30 (1.50m) 06:55 (0.55m) 12:55 (1.40m) 18:53 (0.54m)
Morning Poor

1.5m - 1.5m

216° SW
Period: 12s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 159 kJ
Midday Poor

1.6m - 1.6m

214° SW
Period: 12s
29 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 181 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.6m - 1.7m

214° SW
Period: 12s
31 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 181 kJ
At night Poor

1.5m - 1.6m

216° SW
Period: 12s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 159 kJ
Tides: 01:04 (1.61m) 07:26 (0.39m) 13:34 (1.51m) 19:30 (0.43m)
Morning Poor

1.4m - 1.5m

209° SSW
Period: 10s
27 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 8s
⚡ 96 kJ
Midday Poor

1.5m - 1.5m

209° SSW
Period: 10s
35 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 110 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.6m - 1.6m

208° SSW
Period: 10s
33 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 126 kJ
At night Poor

1.5m - 1.6m

209° SSW
Period: 11s
27 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 134 kJ
Tides: 01:41 (1.67m) 08:02 (0.22m) 14:12 (1.61m) 20:12 (0.35m)
Morning Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

207° SSW
Period: 9s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 10s
⚡ 57 kJ
Midday Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

207° SSW
Period: 10s
36 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 83 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

206° SSW
Period: 10s
32 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 12s
⚡ 83 kJ
At night Poor

1.3m - 1.4m

207° SSW
Period: 9s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 8s
⚡ 67 kJ
Morning Poor

1.0m - 1.0m

204° SSW
Period: 6s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 18 kJ
Midday Poor

1.0m - 1.0m

201° SSW
Period: 6s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 18 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

205° SSW
Period: 6s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 14 kJ
At night Poor

1.0m - 1.1m

205° SSW
Period: 7s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 11s
⚡ 24 kJ
Morning Fair

0.9m - 0.9m

201° SSW
Period: 6s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 14s
⚡ 14 kJ
Midday Fair

0.9m - 0.9m

199° SSW
Period: 8s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 14s
⚡ 25 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

203° SSW
Period: 12s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 14s
⚡ 57 kJ
At night Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

203° SSW
Period: 9s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 14s
⚡ 32 kJ
Morning Good

0.9m - 0.9m

216° SW
Period: 13s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 12s
⚡ 67 kJ
Midday Good

0.9m - 0.9m

203° SSW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 48 kJ
Afternoon Good

0.9m - 0.9m

203° SSW
Period: 12s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 57 kJ
At night Good

0.9m - 0.9m

204° SSW
Period: 12s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 13s
⚡ 57 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
8 km/h
Midday Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
7 km/h
Afternoon Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
7 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
10 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 1.3m 11s 1.1m / 11s SW 21 km/h 0.4m / 9s SW - - 0.0 3.0 km 0.91m
2
Mon 19 Oct 02:00 1.3m 11s 1.1m / 11s SW 20 km/h 0.4m / 10s WSW - - 0.0 6.5 km 0.81m
3
Mon 19 Oct 03:00 1.3m 11s 1.1m / 11s SW 21 km/h 0.4m / 11s WNW - - 0.0 8.7 km 0.77m
3
Mon 19 Oct 04:00 1.3m 11s 1.1m / 11s SW 22 km/h 0.3m / 12s NW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.78m
3
Mon 19 Oct 05:00 1.3m 11s 1.1m / 11s SW 21 km/h 0.3m / 13s WNW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.83m
3
Mon 19 Oct 06:00 1.3m 12s 1.0m / 11s SW 19 km/h 0.4m / 13s WNW - 0.27 m/s 0.0 10+ km 0.91m
4

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Surf information for Cabo Blanco

Cabo Blanco is a Expert level surf spot located in Talara, Piura, Perú. The bottom surface is roca y coral. The best season to surf is December - March.

Today's conditions at Cabo Blanco

Right now, Cabo Blanco has waves of about 1.3m with a swell period of 11 seconds and S (20 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Cabo Blanco you can practice surf. The area offers parking, restaurants and nearby lodging. You can get there by car.

Water temperature and wetsuit

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

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Cabo Blanco

Is the wave at Cabo Blanco a left or a right?
The wave at Cabo Blanco breaks mainly to the left.
What level do you need to surf at Cabo Blanco?
Cabo Blanco is a spot recommended for expert surfers.
What is the best season to surf at Cabo Blanco?
The best season to surf at Cabo Blanco is December - March.
Where is Cabo Blanco located?
Cabo Blanco is located in El Alto, Talara, Piura, Peru.
How do you get to Cabo Blanco?
You can reach Cabo Blanco by car.
What is the water temperature at Cabo Blanco?
The water is around 27 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf

Services

estacionamiento 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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