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Puerto Caballas

Ica, Nazca - Changuillo · Intermediate Good
1.7m
6/10
12s 2 km/h
Puerto Caballas - surf spot in Ica

About Puerto Caballas

Quality left on the Ica coast. Remote spot with consistent and powerful waves. Unique desert landscape with cliffs and crystal-clear waters.

Characteristics

Level
Requires basic paddling and pop-up skills. Moderate power.
· 📅 April - October ·
Surface
Type of seabed where the waves break.
·
Direction
Direction the wave breaks as seen from the water.

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-14.9401°, -75.4996° Ica

Puerto Caballas — Ica

Current Conditions

Updated 08/07/2026 21:02

Good
6/10

Waves

1.7m

10.0s period

Primary Swell

1.1m

12.1s SSW

Wind

2 km/h

Gusts 8 km/h W

Secondary Swell

0.9m

8.7s S

Temp.

18.3°C

🧥 3/2mm

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

1.5 km

Poor

Sun & Moon

☀️
06:28
17:45
🌙
00:23
12:16
🌓 Last Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Rising

High Tide 02:15 - 0.79m

Today's Tides

High Tide

01:15

0.69m

Low Tide

06:30

0.50m

High Tide

12:00

0.73m

Low Tide

19:00

0.23m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.7m-1.7m

12s

SSW SSW
3 km/h
🌓

Tomorrow

1.6m-1.8m

13s

SSW SSW SSW
9 km/h
🌓

Fri

1.7m-1.8m

12s

SSW SSW SSW
9 km/h
🌒

Sat

1.8m-1.9m

11s

SSW SSW SSW
8 km/h
🌒

Sun

1.6m-1.9m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
8 km/h
🌒

Mon

1.5m-1.6m

10s

SSW S SSW
7 km/h
🌑

Tue

1.5m-1.6m

11s

SSW SSW SSW
7 km/h
🌑

Wed

1.4m-1.5m

11s

SW SW SW
8 km/h
🌑

Thu

1.5m-1.5m

11s

SW SW SW
6 km/h
🌑

Fri

1.2m-1.4m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
7 km/h
🌘

Sat

0.0m-0.0m

11 km/h
🌘

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 01:15 (0.69m) 06:30 (0.50m) 12:00 (0.73m) 19:00 (0.23m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Already passed
Afternoon Already passed
At night Good

1.7m - 1.7m

210° SSW
Period: 12s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 7s
⚡ 204 kJ
Tides: 02:15 (0.79m) 08:10 (0.50m) 13:00 (0.67m) 19:30 (0.22m)
Morning Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

210° SSW
Period: 13s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 7s
⚡ 240 kJ
Midday Fair

1.8m - 1.8m

210° SSW
Period: 13s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 6s
⚡ 269 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.8m - 1.8m

210° SSW
Period: 13s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 5s
⚡ 269 kJ
At night Epic

1.7m - 1.8m

210° SSW
Period: 12s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 11s
⚡ 204 kJ
Tides: 03:04 (0.92m) 09:42 (0.48m) 14:06 (0.64m) 20:30 (0.20m)
Morning Epic

1.8m - 1.8m

211° SSW
Period: 12s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 5s
⚡ 229 kJ
Midday Fair

1.7m - 1.7m

211° SSW
Period: 12s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 6s
⚡ 204 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.8m - 1.8m

212° SSW
Period: 11s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 16s
⚡ 192 kJ
At night Epic

1.8m - 1.8m

211° SSW
Period: 12s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 10s
⚡ 229 kJ
Tides: 04:04 (1.03m) 10:42 (0.46m) 15:30 (0.64m) 21:30 (0.22m)
Morning Epic

1.8m - 1.8m

204° SSW
Period: 12s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 5s
⚡ 229 kJ
Midday Fair

1.8m - 1.8m

203° SSW
Period: 12s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 5s
⚡ 229 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.9m - 1.9m

202° SSW
Period: 12s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 5s
⚡ 255 kJ
At night Epic

1.9m - 1.9m

201° SSW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 8s
⚡ 214 kJ
Tides: 04:50 (1.17m) 11:50 (0.44m) 16:30 (0.67m) 22:13 (0.23m)
Morning Epic

1.8m - 1.8m

194° SSW
Period: 9s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 15s
⚡ 129 kJ
Midday Fair

1.7m - 1.7m

194° SSW
Period: 9s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 16s
⚡ 115 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.7m - 1.7m

197° SSW
Period: 9s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 16s
⚡ 115 kJ
At night Epic

1.7m - 1.9m

197° SSW
Period: 10s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 10s
⚡ 142 kJ
Tides: 05:37 (1.28m) 12:40 (0.39m) 17:30 (0.67m) 23:15 (0.21m)
Morning Good

1.6m - 1.6m

197° SSW
Period: 10s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 7s
⚡ 126 kJ
Midday Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

198° SSW
Period: 10s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 10s
⚡ 110 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

197° SSW
Period: 10s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 10s
⚡ 110 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 1.6m

197° SSW
Period: 10s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 10s
⚡ 110 kJ
Tides: 06:35 (1.32m) 13:38 (0.32m) 18:39 (0.67m)
Morning Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

198° SSW
Period: 10s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 13s
⚡ 110 kJ
Midday Epic

1.6m - 1.6m

225° SW
Period: 13s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 10s
⚡ 212 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

226° SW
Period: 12s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 9s
⚡ 181 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 1.6m

199° SSW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 12s
⚡ 134 kJ
Morning Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

220° SW
Period: 11s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 6s
⚡ 134 kJ
Midday Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

224° SW
Period: 10s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 12s
⚡ 96 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

224° SW
Period: 10s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 12s
⚡ 96 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

223° SW
Period: 11s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 134 kJ
Morning Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

207° SSW
Period: 12s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 9s
⚡ 159 kJ
Midday Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

212° SSW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 10s
⚡ 134 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.5m - 1.5m

211° SSW
Period: 10s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 8s
⚡ 110 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

214° SW
Period: 10s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 13s
⚡ 110 kJ
Morning Epic

1.3m - 1.4m

210° SSW
Period: 10s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 83 kJ
Midday Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

211° SSW
Period: 9s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 12s
⚡ 67 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

205° SSW
Period: 10s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 16s
⚡ 71 kJ
At night Epic

1.4m - 1.4m

209° SSW
Period: 10s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 9s
⚡ 96 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
5 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
17 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
20 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
9 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 1.7m 10s 1.2m / 12s SSW 5 km/h 1.2m / 5s S - - 0.0 1.2 km 0.44m
6
Wed 08 Jul 23:00 1.7m 10s 1.1m / 12s SSW 2 km/h 0.9m / 9s S - - 0.0 1.5 km 0.57m
6
Thu 09 Jul 00:00 1.7m 10s 1.1m / 12s SSW 3 km/h 0.6m / 14s S - - 0.0 10+ km 0.68m
8
Thu 09 Jul 01:00 1.6m 10s 1.1m / 12s SSW 5 km/h 0.3m / 17s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.76m
8
Thu 09 Jul 02:00 1.6m 11s 1.1m / 12s SSW 7 km/h 0.5m / 18s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.79m
7
Thu 09 Jul 03:00 1.7m 11s 1.0m / 11s SW 6 km/h 0.6m / 17s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.78m
7

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Surf information for Puerto Caballas

Puerto Caballas is a Intermediate level surf spot located in Nazca, Ica, Perú. The bottom surface is roca y arena. The best season to surf is April - October.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf

Access

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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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