WaveSearch

Puerto Caballas

Ica, Nazca - Changuillo · Intermediate Good
1.7m
7/10
12s 4 km/h
Puerto Caballas - surf spot in Ica

About Puerto Caballas

Puerto Caballas is a quality left located on the coast of the Ica region, a remote spot that rewards those who venture into the southern desert of Peru. Its waves are consistent and powerful, with long walls that shape up well when the south swell comes in, and are almost always enjoyed with very few surfers in the water. The setting is uniquely beautiful: cliffs, dunes and crystal-clear water in a desert landscape that seems from another planet. The best season runs from April to October, in the middle of the southern hemisphere winter. As an isolated place with very limited services, it is best to come prepared with water, food and equipment, and to plan the access well. It is a wave recommended for intermediate surfers and above who seek adventure, solitude and powerful waves on one of the most pristine stretches of the Peruvian coast.

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.

Sports, Services & Access

Missing info? Log in to help
-14.9401°, -75.4996° Ica

Puerto Caballas — Ica

Current Conditions

Updated 19/10/2026 00:02

Good
7/10

Waves

1.7m

12.4s period

Primary Swell

1.4m

12.0s SW

Wind

4 km/h

Gusts 7 km/h NNE

Secondary Swell

0.8m

5.5s S

Temp.

21.1°C

🦺 Shorty 2mm

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

1.7 km

Poor

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 05:32
↓ 18:01
🌙
↑ 12:31
↓ 00:55
🌗 First Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 09:15 - 0.48m

Best Time to Surf Today

06:00 - 09:00

🌊 1.7m 💨 3 km/h
Good 7/10 avg.

Today's Tides

High Tide

01:40

0.96m

Low Tide

09:15

0.48m

High Tide

14:30

0.61m

Low Tide

19:00

0.54m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.7m-1.8m

12s

SW SW SW
10 km/h
🌗

Tomorrow

1.8m-1.9m

12s

SW SW SW
14 km/h
🌗

Wed

1.8m-2.5m

12s

SW SW SW
16 km/h
🌖

Thu

2.2m-2.5m

11s

SW SW SW
21 km/h
🌖

Fri

2.0m-2.3m

10s

SW SW SW
24 km/h
🌖

Sat

1.9m-2.3m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
25 km/h
🌖

Sun

1.9m-2.1m

6s

SSW S S
19 km/h
🌕

Mon

1.6m-1.9m

7s

S S S
15 km/h
🌕

Tue

1.5m-1.6m

8s

S S S
12 km/h
🌕

Wed

0.0m-0.0m

17 km/h
🌔

Thu

0.0m-0.0m

10 km/h
🌔

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 01:40 (0.96m) 09:15 (0.48m) 14:30 (0.61m) 19:00 (0.54m)
Morning Good

1.7m - 1.7m

226° SW
Period: 12s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 6s
⚡ 204 kJ
Midday Fair

1.7m - 1.7m

226° SW
Period: 12s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 7s
⚡ 204 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.7m - 1.8m

226° SW
Period: 12s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 10s
⚡ 204 kJ
At night Epic

1.7m - 1.8m

227° SW
Period: 12s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 9s
⚡ 204 kJ
Tides: 02:20 (1.00m) 09:45 (0.47m) 15:30 (0.71m) 20:00 (0.59m)
Morning Epic

1.8m - 1.8m

225° SW
Period: 10s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 16s
⚡ 159 kJ
Midday Good

1.8m - 1.8m

226° SW
Period: 10s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 15s
⚡ 159 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.8m - 1.8m

216° SW
Period: 14s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 9s
⚡ 312 kJ
At night Epic

1.8m - 1.9m

225° SW
Period: 12s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 13s
⚡ 229 kJ
Tides: 03:04 (1.07m) 10:10 (0.48m) 16:06 (0.83m) 21:15 (0.61m)
Morning Epic

1.9m - 2.1m

219° SW
Period: 12s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 6s
⚡ 255 kJ
Midday Fair

2.2m - 2.2m

218° SW
Period: 12s
27 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 5s
⚡ 342 kJ
Afternoon Fair

2.4m - 2.5m

217° SW
Period: 12s
30 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 5s
⚡ 407 kJ
At night Epic

2.2m - 2.5m

217° SW
Period: 12s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 4s
⚡ 342 kJ
Tides: 03:39 (1.07m) 10:23 (0.44m) 16:30 (0.90m) 22:06 (0.57m)
Morning Good

2.4m - 2.4m

216° SW
Period: 11s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 8s
⚡ 342 kJ
Midday Fair

2.4m - 2.4m

216° SW
Period: 9s
34 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 13s
⚡ 229 kJ
Afternoon Poor

2.4m - 2.4m

215° SW
Period: 11s
32 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 5s
⚡ 342 kJ
At night Good

2.4m - 2.5m

217° SW
Period: 11s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 5s
⚡ 342 kJ
Tides: 04:13 (1.05m) 10:52 (0.40m) 17:08 (0.96m) 22:56 (0.52m)
Morning Good

2.1m - 2.2m

213° SSW
Period: 10s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 5s
⚡ 217 kJ
Midday Poor

2.3m - 2.3m

213° SSW
Period: 10s
41 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 7s
⚡ 260 kJ
Afternoon Poor

2.3m - 2.3m

212° SSW
Period: 10s
38 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 8s
⚡ 260 kJ
At night Good

2.1m - 2.2m

211° SSW
Period: 10s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 5s
⚡ 217 kJ
Tides: 04:47 (0.98m) 11:15 (0.34m) 17:38 (1.03m)
Morning Fair

1.9m - 2.1m

210° SSW
Period: 10s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 6s
⚡ 177 kJ
Midday Poor

2.2m - 2.2m

211° SSW
Period: 10s
44 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 10s
⚡ 238 kJ
Afternoon Poor

2.3m - 2.3m

210° SSW
Period: 10s
41 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 8s
⚡ 260 kJ
At night Fair

2.0m - 2.2m

210° SSW
Period: 9s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 7s
⚡ 159 kJ
Morning Good

1.9m - 2.0m

187° S
Period: 6s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 10s
⚡ 64 kJ
Midday Poor

2.0m - 2.0m

192° SSW
Period: 6s
30 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 8s
⚡ 71 kJ
Afternoon Poor

2.0m - 2.0m

192° SSW
Period: 6s
28 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 8s
⚡ 71 kJ
At night Fair

2.0m - 2.1m

189° S
Period: 6s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 10s
⚡ 71 kJ
Morning Good

1.6m - 1.7m

180° S
Period: 7s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 11s
⚡ 62 kJ
Midday Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

192° SSW
Period: 8s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 15s
⚡ 80 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.6m - 1.6m

193° SSW
Period: 7s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 15s
⚡ 62 kJ
At night Good

1.7m - 1.9m

181° S
Period: 7s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 12s
⚡ 70 kJ
Morning Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

187° S
Period: 7s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 14s
⚡ 54 kJ
Midday Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

199° SSW
Period: 9s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 11s
⚡ 89 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

202° SSW
Period: 10s
24 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 10s
⚡ 126 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 1.6m

188° S
Period: 8s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 14s
⚡ 71 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
14 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
27 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
28 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

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

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
10 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 1.7m 12s 1.4m / 12s SW 3 km/h 0.8m / 5s S - - 0.0 10+ km 0.95m
7
Mon 19 Oct 02:00 1.7m 12s 1.4m / 12s SW 4 km/h 0.8m / 5s S - - 0.0 1.7 km 0.96m
7
Mon 19 Oct 03:00 1.7m 12s 1.4m / 12s SW 7 km/h 0.8m / 6s S - - 0.0 0.3 km 0.91m
6
Mon 19 Oct 04:00 1.7m 12s 1.4m / 12s SW 9 km/h 0.8m / 6s S - - 0.0 0.2 km 0.84m
6
Mon 19 Oct 05:00 1.7m 13s 1.4m / 12s SW 4 km/h 0.8m / 6s S - - 0.0 0.2 km 0.76m
7
Mon 19 Oct 06:00 1.7m 13s 1.5m / 12s SW 1 km/h 0.8m / 6s S - 0.08 m/s 0.1 0.2 km 0.66m
7

Get more benefits

Create your free account to set up email alerts when conditions are ideal, save your favorite spots and more.

Email alerts Favorite spots Personalized dashboard
Create free account

100% free — no credit card, no hidden fees.

Photos of Puerto Caballas

No photos of this beach yet.

Log in to upload the first photo.

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.

Today's conditions at Puerto Caballas

Right now, Puerto Caballas has waves of about 1.7m with a swell period of 12 seconds and NNE (4 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Puerto Caballas you can practice surf. You can get there by car or off-road vehicle.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at Puerto Caballas is around 22 °C, so a 2/2 mm spring suit is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Puerto Caballas

Is the wave at Puerto Caballas a left or a right?
The wave at Puerto Caballas breaks mainly to the left.
What level do you need to surf at Puerto Caballas?
Puerto Caballas is a spot recommended for intermediate surfers.
What is the best season to surf at Puerto Caballas?
The best season to surf at Puerto Caballas is April - October.
Where is Puerto Caballas located?
Puerto Caballas is located in Changuillo, Nazca, Ica, Peru.
How do you get to Puerto Caballas?
You can reach Puerto Caballas by car or off-road vehicle.
What is the water temperature at Puerto Caballas?
The water is around 22 °C, so a 2/2 mm spring suit is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf

Access

auto todo_terreno

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
We use essential cookies for site functionality (session, preferences, and security). We do not use tracking or advertising cookies. Learn more