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Panic Point

Piura, Talara - El Alto · Advanced Poor
1.3m
3/10
12s 20 km/h
Panic Point - surf spot in Piura

About Panic Point

Powerful and tubular left near Cabo Blanco. Fast wave over coral reef with hollow sections. One of the best barrels in northern Peru, only for experienced surfers.

Characteristics

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

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-4.2637°, -81.2468° Piura

Panic Point — Piura

Current Conditions

Updated 08/07/2026 21:01

Poor
3/10

Waves

1.3m

10.6s period

Primary Swell

1.0m

12.0s SW

Wind

20 km/h

Gusts 30 km/h S

Secondary Swell

0.5m

6.1s SSW

Temp.

23.6°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
06:33
18:26
🌙
00:37
12:52
🌓 Last Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 03:35 - 0.37m

Today's Tides

Low Tide

02:35

0.32m

High Tide

09:03

1.36m

Low Tide

15:35

0.25m

High Tide

21:46

1.14m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.3m-1.3m

12s

SW SW
20 km/h
🌓

Tomorrow

1.2m-1.3m

12s

SW SW SW
23 km/h
🌓

Fri

1.3m-1.5m

12s

SW SW SW
21 km/h
🌒

Sat

1.3m-1.4m

11s

SW SW SW
21 km/h
🌒

Sun

1.1m-1.2m

10s

SW SW SW
20 km/h
🌒

Mon

1.0m-1.1m

10s

SW SW SW
17 km/h
🌑

Tue

1.0m-1.2m

11s

SSW SSW SSW
24 km/h
🌑

Wed

1.2m-1.4m

11s

SW SW SW
25 km/h
🌑

Thu

1.2m-1.3m

11s

SW SW SW
22 km/h
🌑

Fri

1.2m-1.4m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
26 km/h
🌘

Sat

0.0m-0.0m

27 km/h
🌘

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 02:35 (0.32m) 09:03 (1.36m) 15:35 (0.25m) 21:46 (1.14m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Already passed
Afternoon Already passed
At night Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

220° SW
Period: 12s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 6s
⚡ 119 kJ
Tides: 03:35 (0.37m) 10:00 (1.34m) 16:41 (0.19m) 23:00 (1.15m)
Morning Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

217° SW
Period: 12s
24 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 7s
⚡ 119 kJ
Midday Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

216° SW
Period: 12s
32 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 119 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

216° SW
Period: 12s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 6s
⚡ 119 kJ
At night Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

218° SW
Period: 12s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 6s
⚡ 119 kJ
Tides: 04:52 (0.38m) 11:02 (1.29m) 17:48 (0.06m)
Morning Fair

1.3m - 1.4m

217° SW
Period: 12s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 6s
⚡ 119 kJ
Midday Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

217° SW
Period: 12s
29 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 7s
⚡ 139 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.4m - 1.5m

217° SW
Period: 12s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 8s
⚡ 139 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.4m

218° SW
Period: 12s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 7s
⚡ 119 kJ
Tides: 00:15 (1.17m) 06:10 (0.32m) 12:10 (1.29m) 18:50 (-0.04m)
Morning Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

211° SSW
Period: 11s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 100 kJ
Midday Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

211° SSW
Period: 11s
29 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 116 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

219° SW
Period: 10s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 15s
⚡ 96 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.4m

218° SW
Period: 11s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 100 kJ
Tides: 01:18 (1.31m) 07:21 (0.25m) 13:15 (1.35m) 19:48 (-0.15m)
Morning Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

218° SW
Period: 11s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 12s
⚡ 86 kJ
Midday Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

214° SW
Period: 11s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 11s
⚡ 86 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

214° SW
Period: 11s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 86 kJ
At night Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

214° SW
Period: 10s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 11s
⚡ 71 kJ
Tides: 02:20 (1.44m) 08:19 (0.16m) 14:13 (1.40m) 20:42 (-0.25m)
Morning Poor

1.0m - 1.0m

214° SW
Period: 10s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 18s
⚡ 49 kJ
Midday Poor

1.0m - 1.0m

211° SSW
Period: 10s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 16s
⚡ 49 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.1m - 1.1m

211° SSW
Period: 10s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 15s
⚡ 59 kJ
At night Poor

1.1m - 1.1m

214° SW
Period: 10s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 14s
⚡ 59 kJ
Tides: 03:13 (1.56m) 09:17 (0.10m) 15:11 (1.48m) 21:33 (-0.28m)
Morning Fair

1.0m - 1.1m

207° SSW
Period: 9s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 14s
⚡ 40 kJ
Midday Poor

1.1m - 1.2m

207° SSW
Period: 11s
30 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 72 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

208° SSW
Period: 11s
29 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 86 kJ
At night Fair

1.1m - 1.2m

210° SSW
Period: 11s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 12s
⚡ 72 kJ
Morning Poor

1.2m - 1.3m

212° SSW
Period: 11s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 9s
⚡ 86 kJ
Midday Poor

1.3m - 1.4m

216° SW
Period: 11s
35 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 9s
⚡ 100 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

216° SW
Period: 11s
31 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 10s
⚡ 116 kJ
At night Poor

1.2m - 1.3m

217° SW
Period: 11s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 10s
⚡ 86 kJ
Morning Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

216° SW
Period: 10s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 12s
⚡ 71 kJ
Midday Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

213° SSW
Period: 12s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 10s
⚡ 102 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

208° SSW
Period: 11s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 86 kJ
At night Poor

1.2m - 1.3m

216° SW
Period: 10s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 71 kJ
Morning Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

209° SSW
Period: 10s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 16s
⚡ 83 kJ
Midday Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

207° SSW
Period: 10s
35 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 17s
⚡ 96 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

209° SSW
Period: 10s
30 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 13s
⚡ 96 kJ
At night Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

206° SSW
Period: 10s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 71 kJ
Morning Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
27 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
34 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
30 km/h
At night Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
23 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 1.3m 10s 1.0m / 12s SW 19 km/h 0.6m / 6s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 1.14m
3
Wed 08 Jul 23:00 1.3m 11s 1.0m / 12s SW 20 km/h 0.5m / 6s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 1.06m
3
Thu 09 Jul 00:00 1.3m 11s 1.0m / 12s SW 21 km/h 0.5m / 6s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.90m
2
Thu 09 Jul 01:00 1.3m 11s 1.0m / 12s SW 19 km/h 0.5m / 6s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.70m
3
Thu 09 Jul 02:00 1.3m 11s 1.0m / 12s SW 20 km/h 0.5m / 6s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.51m
3
Thu 09 Jul 03:00 1.3m 11s 1.0m / 12s SW 21 km/h 0.5m / 5s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.39m
2

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Surf information for Panic Point

Panic Point is a Advanced level surf spot located in Talara, Piura, Perú. The bottom surface is roca. The best season to surf is October - March.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf

Services

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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