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Cancas

Tumbes, Contralmirante Villar - Canoas de Punta Sal · Advanced Poor
0.9m
2/10
12s 17 km/h
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Cancas - surf spot in Tumbes
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About Cancas

Cancas is a spot in Tumbes with a strong character: a reef break and semi point break of powerful waves that break over a rocky bottom, reserved for experienced surfers. North of the pier, quality tubular sections form that, together with the marked currents of the area, demand a good level and experience in the water. It is a wave less known and crowded than other northern destinations, which makes it a reward for the advanced surfer seeking power and solitude. The water is warm and tropical all year round, typical of Peru's far north, which allows surfing in boardshorts in any season. The area keeps its fishing cove atmosphere, with artisanal fishing and seafood cuisine. For the advanced traveler exploring Tumbes, Cancas offers waves with character and an authentic setting, away from the crowds, on one of the warmest and most rugged stretches of the Peruvian coast.

Characteristics

Level
Powerful waves or obstacles. Experience required.
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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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-3.9506°, -80.9488° Tumbes
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Cancas — Tumbes

Current Conditions

Updated 19/10/2026 00:02

Poor
2/10

Waves

0.9m

11.2s period

Primary Swell

0.7m

11.6s SW

Wind

17 km/h

Gusts 27 km/h SSW

Secondary Swell

0.3m

12.6s NW

Temp.

27.6°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 06:02
↓ 18:14
🌙
↑ 13:10
↓ 00:58
🌗 First Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 03:20 - 0.77m

Best Time to Surf Today

07:00 - 10:00

🌊 0.8m 💨 8 km/h
Good 6/10 avg.

Today's Tides

Low Tide

03:20

0.77m

High Tide

09:04

1.15m

Low Tide

15:30

0.61m

High Tide

22:30

1.30m

Weekly Summary

Today

0.8m-0.9m

12s

SW SW SW
15 km/h
🌗

Tomorrow

0.8m-1.1m

11s

SW SW SW
18 km/h
🌗

Wed

0.9m-1.0m

12s

SW SW SW
11 km/h
🌖

Thu

0.9m-1.1m

12s

SW SW SW
10 km/h
🌖

Fri

0.8m-1.1m

9s

SW SW SW
11 km/h
🌖

Sat

0.7m-0.9m

10s

SW SW SW
13 km/h
🌖

Sun

0.5m-0.7m

8s

SW SW SW
9 km/h
🌕

Mon

0.5m-0.5m

12s

W WNW WNW
9 km/h
🌕

Tue

0.5m-0.6m

14s

WSW SW SW
10 km/h
🌕

Wed

0.0m-0.0m

9 km/h
🌔

Thu

0.0m-0.0m

4 km/h
🌔

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 03:20 (0.77m) 09:04 (1.15m) 15:30 (0.61m) 22:30 (1.30m)
Morning Good

0.8m - 0.8m

232° SW
Period: 12s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 45 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

232° SW
Period: 12s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 45 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

232° SW
Period: 12s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 45 kJ
At night Poor

0.8m - 0.9m

232° SW
Period: 12s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 45 kJ
Tides: 04:54 (0.76m) 10:47 (1.16m) 16:56 (0.62m) 23:43 (1.38m)
Morning Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

232° SW
Period: 12s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 18s
⚡ 57 kJ
Midday Poor

1.0m - 1.0m

233° SW
Period: 11s
29 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 18s
⚡ 59 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.1m - 1.1m

233° SW
Period: 11s
29 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 17s
⚡ 72 kJ
At night Good

0.9m - 1.0m

231° SW
Period: 11s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 14s
⚡ 48 kJ
Tides: 06:08 (0.66m) 12:00 (1.28m) 18:00 (0.62m)
Morning Good

0.9m - 0.9m

232° SW
Period: 14s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 10s
⚡ 78 kJ
Midday Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

232° SW
Period: 12s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 10s
⚡ 57 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.9m - 1.0m

232° SW
Period: 12s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 9s
⚡ 57 kJ
At night Good

1.0m - 1.0m

233° SW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 59 kJ
Tides: 00:25 (1.55m) 06:55 (0.56m) 12:52 (1.43m) 18:50 (0.55m)
Morning Good

0.9m - 0.9m

233° SW
Period: 12s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 11s
⚡ 57 kJ
Midday Good

0.9m - 1.0m

233° SW
Period: 12s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 9s
⚡ 57 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.0m - 1.1m

232° SW
Period: 12s
2 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 8s
⚡ 71 kJ
At night Fair

1.0m - 1.0m

233° SW
Period: 12s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 8s
⚡ 71 kJ
Tides: 01:04 (1.64m) 07:26 (0.39m) 13:30 (1.56m) 19:30 (0.44m)
Morning Fair

0.9m - 0.9m

231° SW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 48 kJ
Midday Fair

0.8m - 0.9m

229° SW
Period: 10s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 31 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.0m - 1.0m

234° SW
Period: 6s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 10s
⚡ 18 kJ
At night Poor

0.9m - 1.1m

232° SW
Period: 9s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 9s
⚡ 32 kJ
Tides: 01:41 (1.72m) 08:02 (0.23m) 14:13 (1.66m) 20:10 (0.35m)
Morning Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

221° SW
Period: 9s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 19 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

220° SW
Period: 9s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 25 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

220° SW
Period: 10s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 40 kJ
At night Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

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

0.5m - 0.6m

218° SW
Period: 8s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 12s
⚡ 8 kJ
Midday Fair

0.5m - 0.5m

216° SW
Period: 8s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 12s
⚡ 8 kJ
Afternoon Fair

0.5m - 0.5m

217° SW
Period: 8s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 12s
⚡ 8 kJ
At night Fair

0.6m - 0.7m

214° SW
Period: 9s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 12s
⚡ 14 kJ
Morning Fair

0.5m - 0.5m

290° WNW
Period: 12s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 14s
⚡ 18 kJ
Midday Fair

0.5m - 0.5m

247° WSW
Period: 15s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 14s
⚡ 28 kJ
Afternoon Good

0.5m - 0.5m

289° WNW
Period: 13s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 15s
⚡ 21 kJ
At night Good

0.5m - 0.5m

292° WNW
Period: 12s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 15s
⚡ 18 kJ
Morning Good

0.5m - 0.5m

228° SW
Period: 14s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 24 kJ
Midday Poor

0.5m - 0.5m

227° SW
Period: 14s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 24 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

227° SW
Period: 14s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 35 kJ
At night Fair

0.5m - 0.5m

228° SW
Period: 14s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 12s
⚡ 24 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
10 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
16 km/h
Afternoon Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
8 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

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

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
4 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 0.9m 11s 0.7m / 12s SW 18 km/h 0.3m / 13s NW - - 0.0 4.4 km 0.92m
2
Mon 19 Oct 02:00 0.9m 11s 0.7m / 12s SW 17 km/h 0.3m / 13s NW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.82m
2
Mon 19 Oct 03:00 0.9m 11s 0.7m / 12s SW 17 km/h 0.3m / 13s NW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.77m
2
Mon 19 Oct 04:00 0.8m 12s 0.7m / 12s SW 15 km/h 0.3m / 12s NW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.78m
2
Mon 19 Oct 05:00 0.8m 12s 0.7m / 12s SW 16 km/h 0.3m / 12s NW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.84m
2
Mon 19 Oct 06:00 0.8m 12s 0.6m / 12s SW 6 km/h 0.3m / 12s WNW - 0.15 m/s 0.0 10+ km 0.93m
5

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Surf information for Cancas

Cancas is a Advanced level surf spot located in Contralmirante Villar, Tumbes, Perú. The bottom surface is Roca y Arena.

Today's conditions at Cancas

Right now, Cancas has waves of about 0.9m with a swell period of 12 seconds and SSW (17 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Cancas 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 Cancas is around 28 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Cancas

Is the wave at Cancas a left or a right?
The wave at Cancas breaks mainly to the left.
What level do you need to surf at Cancas?
Cancas is a spot recommended for advanced surfers.
Where is Cancas located?
Cancas is located in Canoas de Punta Sal, Contralmirante Villar, Tumbes, Peru.
How do you get to Cancas?
You can reach Cancas by car.
What is the water temperature at Cancas?
The water is around 28 °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)
View full methodology
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