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Huanchaco

La Libertad, Trujillo - Huanchaco · Beginner Poor
1.5m
3/10
12s 11 km/h
Huanchaco - surf spot in La Libertad

About Huanchaco

Historic fishing village and World Surfing Reserve. Long, irregular left from the point into the bay over sandy bottom. Birthplace of the caballito de totora, the world's oldest surfboard.

Characteristics

Level
Gentle waves, ideal for learning. Low risk.
· 📅 Year round ·
Surface
Type of seabed where the waves break.
·
Direction
Direction the wave breaks as seen from the water.

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-8.0774°, -79.1203° La Libertad

Huanchaco — La Libertad

Current Conditions

Updated 08/07/2026 21:00

Poor
3/10

Waves

1.5m

11.2s period

Primary Swell

1.1m

12.2s SSW

Wind

11 km/h

Gusts 22 km/h SE

Secondary Swell

0.9m

5.2s S

Temp.

22.7°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
06:31
18:11
🌙
00:32
12:39
🌓 Last Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Rising

High Tide 22:56 - 0.95m

Today's Tides

Low Tide

03:08

0.48m

High Tide

09:37

1.09m

Low Tide

16:30

0.36m

High Tide

22:56

0.95m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.5m-1.5m

12s

SSW SSW
11 km/h
🌓

Tomorrow

1.5m-1.6m

12s

SSW SSW SSW
12 km/h
🌓

Fri

1.6m-1.7m

12s

SSW SSW SSW
11 km/h
🌒

Sat

1.5m-1.6m

11s

SSW SSW SSW
10 km/h
🌒

Sun

1.3m-1.5m

11s

SSW SSW SSW
8 km/h
🌒

Mon

1.3m-1.3m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
7 km/h
🌑

Tue

1.3m-1.3m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
8 km/h
🌑

Wed

1.3m-1.3m

11s

SW SW SW
10 km/h
🌑

Thu

1.3m-1.4m

11s

SW SW SW
10 km/h
🌑

Fri

1.4m-1.4m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
13 km/h
🌘

Sat

0.0m-0.0m

13 km/h
🌘

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 03:08 (0.48m) 09:37 (1.09m) 16:30 (0.36m) 22:56 (0.95m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Already passed
Afternoon Already passed
At night Poor

1.5m - 1.5m

207° SSW
Period: 12s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 5s
⚡ 159 kJ
Tides: 04:21 (0.59m) 10:42 (1.10m) 17:30 (0.32m)
Morning Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

207° SSW
Period: 12s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 8s
⚡ 159 kJ
Midday Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

208° SSW
Period: 12s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 5s
⚡ 159 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

208° SSW
Period: 12s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 5s
⚡ 159 kJ
At night Good

1.5m - 1.6m

208° SSW
Period: 12s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 8s
⚡ 159 kJ
Tides: 00:08 (1.05m) 05:56 (0.62m) 11:37 (1.07m) 18:30 (0.23m)
Morning Good

1.6m - 1.6m

212° SSW
Period: 12s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 5s
⚡ 181 kJ
Midday Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

212° SSW
Period: 12s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 6s
⚡ 181 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.6m - 1.7m

212° SSW
Period: 12s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 6s
⚡ 181 kJ
At night Good

1.6m - 1.7m

211° SSW
Period: 12s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 5s
⚡ 181 kJ
Tides: 01:18 (1.11m) 07:21 (0.55m) 12:43 (1.02m) 19:30 (0.12m)
Morning Epic

1.6m - 1.6m

211° SSW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 16s
⚡ 152 kJ
Midday Good

1.5m - 1.5m

212° SSW
Period: 10s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 15s
⚡ 110 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.5m - 1.5m

212° SSW
Period: 10s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 14s
⚡ 110 kJ
At night Epic

1.6m - 1.6m

209° SSW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 152 kJ
Tides: 02:19 (1.21m) 08:30 (0.47m) 13:48 (1.02m) 20:25 (0.02m)
Morning Good

1.4m - 1.4m

203° SSW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 3s
⚡ 116 kJ
Midday Good

1.4m - 1.4m

200° SSW
Period: 10s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 1s
⚡ 96 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

200° SSW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 3s
⚡ 96 kJ
At night Good

1.4m - 1.5m

202° SSW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 4s
⚡ 116 kJ
Tides: 03:15 (1.29m) 09:25 (0.39m) 14:48 (1.03m) 21:14 (-0.05m)
Morning Good

1.3m - 1.3m

198° SSW
Period: 10s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 9s
⚡ 83 kJ
Midday Good

1.3m - 1.3m

201° SSW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 83 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.3m - 1.3m

202° SSW
Period: 9s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 14s
⚡ 67 kJ
At night Good

1.3m - 1.3m

201° SSW
Period: 10s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 10s
⚡ 83 kJ
Tides: 04:09 (1.37m) 10:20 (0.34m) 15:44 (1.07m) 22:07 (-0.09m)
Morning Good

1.3m - 1.3m

196° SSW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 100 kJ
Midday Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

195° SSW
Period: 10s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 14s
⚡ 83 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.3m - 1.3m

194° SSW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 13s
⚡ 83 kJ
At night Epic

1.3m - 1.3m

200° SSW
Period: 11s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 11s
⚡ 100 kJ
Morning Good

1.3m - 1.3m

209° SSW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 10s
⚡ 100 kJ
Midday Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

212° SSW
Period: 11s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 100 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

213° SSW
Period: 11s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 6s
⚡ 100 kJ
At night Good

1.3m - 1.3m

213° SSW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 10s
⚡ 100 kJ
Morning Good

1.3m - 1.3m

215° SW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 11s
⚡ 100 kJ
Midday Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

205° SSW
Period: 12s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 9s
⚡ 119 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.4m

204° SSW
Period: 11s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 100 kJ
At night Good

1.3m - 1.4m

204° SSW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 11s
⚡ 83 kJ
Morning Good

1.4m - 1.4m

207° SSW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 96 kJ
Midday Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

207° SSW
Period: 9s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 13s
⚡ 78 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

206° SSW
Period: 10s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 12s
⚡ 96 kJ
At night Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

206° SSW
Period: 10s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 96 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
11 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
18 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
17 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
10 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 1.5m 11s 1.1m / 12s SSW 11 km/h 0.8m / 6s S - - 0.0 10+ km 0.92m
3
Wed 08 Jul 23:00 1.5m 11s 1.1m / 12s SSW 11 km/h 0.9m / 5s S - - 0.0 10+ km 0.95m
3
Thu 09 Jul 00:00 1.5m 11s 1.1m / 12s SSW 10 km/h 0.9m / 5s S - - 0.0 10+ km 0.91m
3
Thu 09 Jul 01:00 1.5m 11s 1.1m / 12s SSW 10 km/h 0.9m / 5s S - - 0.0 10+ km 0.83m
3
Thu 09 Jul 02:00 1.5m 11s 1.1m / 12s SSW 11 km/h 0.8m / 8s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.73m
3
Thu 09 Jul 03:00 1.5m 11s 1.1m / 11s SSW 11 km/h 0.7m / 11s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.65m
4

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Surf information for Huanchaco

Huanchaco is a Beginner level surf spot located in Trujillo, La Libertad, Perú. The bottom surface is arena. The best season to surf is Year round.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf bodyboard longboard stand_up_paddle kayak

Services

estacionamiento duchas banos alquiler_tablas clases_surf restaurantes hospedaje salvavidas

Access

auto transporte_publico caminata

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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