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Cancas

Tumbes, Contralmirante Villar - Canoas de Punta Sal · Advanced Poor
0.8m
1/10
10s 11 km/h
Cancas - surf spot in Tumbes

About Cancas

Reef break y semi-point con olas potentes. Al norte del muelle se forman secciones tubulares. Corrientes fuertes, ideal para surfers experimentados.

Characteristics

Level
Powerful waves or obstacles. Experience required.
·
Surface
Type of seabed where the waves break.
·
Direction
Direction the wave breaks as seen from the water.

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-3.9506°, -80.9488° Tumbes

Cancas — Tumbes

Current Conditions

Updated 08/07/2026 21:02

Poor
1/10

Waves

0.8m

9.3s period

Primary Swell

0.5m

9.7s WSW

Wind

11 km/h

Gusts 18 km/h WSW

Secondary Swell

0.5m

5.7s WSW

Temp.

24.3°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
06:31
18:25
🌙
00:36
12:51
🌓 Last Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 03:35 - 0.36m

Today's Tides

Low Tide

02:30

0.31m

High Tide

09:00

1.43m

Low Tide

15:35

0.25m

High Tide

21:45

1.19m

Weekly Summary

Today

0.8m-0.8m

7s

WSW
11 km/h
🌓

Tomorrow

0.7m-0.9m

12s

WSW SW SW
15 km/h
🌓

Fri

0.7m-0.9m

12s

SW SW SW
15 km/h
🌒

Sat

0.7m-0.9m

11s

SW SW SW
15 km/h
🌒

Sun

0.6m-0.7m

11s

SW SW SW
12 km/h
🌒

Mon

0.5m-0.6m

10s

SW SW SW
14 km/h
🌑

Tue

0.5m-0.9m

12s

SW SW SW
16 km/h
🌑

Wed

0.6m-1.0m

11s

SW SW SW
17 km/h
🌑

Thu

0.6m-0.8m

10s

SW SW SW
15 km/h
🌑

Fri

0.6m-0.8m

10s

SW SW SW
16 km/h
🌘

Sat

0.0m-0.0m

17 km/h
🌘

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 02:30 (0.31m) 09:00 (1.43m) 15:35 (0.25m) 21:45 (1.19m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Already passed
Afternoon Already passed
At night Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

242° WSW
Period: 7s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 15 kJ
Tides: 03:35 (0.36m) 09:58 (1.39m) 16:40 (0.18m) 22:57 (1.19m)
Morning Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

233° SW
Period: 12s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 4s
⚡ 35 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

232° SW
Period: 11s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 38 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.8m - 0.9m

235° SW
Period: 12s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 10s
⚡ 45 kJ
At night Poor

0.7m - 0.8m

234° SW
Period: 12s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 4s
⚡ 35 kJ
Tides: 04:52 (0.37m) 11:02 (1.34m) 17:47 (0.05m)
Morning Good

0.7m - 0.7m

233° SW
Period: 12s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 11s
⚡ 35 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

232° SW
Period: 12s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 11s
⚡ 45 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

232° SW
Period: 12s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 6s
⚡ 57 kJ
At night Fair

0.7m - 0.9m

233° SW
Period: 12s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 8s
⚡ 35 kJ
Tides: 00:12 (1.20m) 06:04 (0.29m) 12:10 (1.34m) 18:49 (-0.06m)
Morning Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

233° SW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 11s
⚡ 29 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

233° SW
Period: 11s
28 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 11s
⚡ 38 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

226° SW
Period: 11s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 48 kJ
At night Fair

0.8m - 0.8m

226° SW
Period: 11s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 38 kJ
Tides: 01:17 (1.34m) 07:15 (0.23m) 13:13 (1.40m) 19:49 (-0.17m)
Morning Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

227° SW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 9s
⚡ 21 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

234° SW
Period: 11s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 9s
⚡ 29 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

234° SW
Period: 11s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 5s
⚡ 29 kJ
At night Fair

0.6m - 0.7m

234° SW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 21 kJ
Tides: 02:17 (1.48m) 08:17 (0.14m) 14:13 (1.46m) 20:39 (-0.26m)
Morning Fair

0.5m - 0.5m

233° SW
Period: 10s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 18s
⚡ 12 kJ
Midday Poor

0.5m - 0.5m

230° SW
Period: 10s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 17s
⚡ 12 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

229° SW
Period: 10s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 17s
⚡ 18 kJ
At night Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

233° SW
Period: 10s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 16s
⚡ 18 kJ
Tides: 03:12 (1.60m) 09:14 (0.09m) 15:10 (1.55m) 21:33 (-0.30m)
Morning Fair

0.5m - 0.6m

232° SW
Period: 14s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 12s
⚡ 24 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.8m

224° SW
Period: 12s
28 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 11s
⚡ 35 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.8m - 0.9m

220° SW
Period: 12s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 12s
⚡ 45 kJ
At night Fair

0.6m - 0.8m

228° SW
Period: 11s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 14s
⚡ 21 kJ
Morning Fair

0.6m - 0.7m

223° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 11s
⚡ 21 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.9m

218° SW
Period: 11s
27 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 9s
⚡ 38 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.9m - 1.0m

219° SW
Period: 11s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 12s
⚡ 48 kJ
At night Fair

0.7m - 0.9m

220° SW
Period: 11s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 9s
⚡ 29 kJ
Morning Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

222° SW
Period: 10s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 10s
⚡ 18 kJ
Midday Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

221° SW
Period: 10s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 13s
⚡ 18 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.6m - 0.6m

222° SW
Period: 10s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 12s
⚡ 18 kJ
At night Fair

0.7m - 0.8m

220° SW
Period: 11s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 10s
⚡ 29 kJ
Morning Fair

0.6m - 0.7m

215° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 9s
⚡ 21 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

218° SW
Period: 10s
27 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 16s
⚡ 31 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.8m - 0.8m

218° SW
Period: 10s
27 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 17s
⚡ 31 kJ
At night Fair

0.6m - 0.6m

221° SW
Period: 10s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 9s
⚡ 18 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
11 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
26 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
27 km/h
At night Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
14 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 23:00 0.8m 9s 0.6m / 7s WSW 11 km/h 0.5m / 9s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 1.10m
1
Thu 09 Jul 00:00 0.8m 9s 0.5m / 10s WSW 11 km/h 0.5m / 6s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.93m
1
Thu 09 Jul 01:00 0.7m 10s 0.5m / 12s SW 14 km/h 0.4m / 3s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.71m
1
Thu 09 Jul 02:00 0.7m 10s 0.5m / 12s SW 16 km/h 0.4m / 3s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.51m
1
Thu 09 Jul 03:00 0.7m 10s 0.5m / 12s SW 17 km/h 0.4m / 3s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.38m
2
Thu 09 Jul 04:00 0.7m 10s 0.5m / 12s SW 14 km/h 0.4m / 3s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.37m
2

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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.

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)
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