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Punta Mero

Tumbes, Contralmirante Villar - Canoas de Punta Sal · Intermediate Poor
1.0m
1/10
12s 20 km/h
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About Punta Mero

Punta Mero is located in the district of Canoas de Punta Sal, province of Contralmirante Villar, in Tumbes, along the Panamericana Norte. It is a reef break that offers left and right waves, consistent and of good quality, that break over a reef bottom next to a beach of fine sand and warm waters. That combination makes it attractive for intermediate surfers looking for well-shaped waves in a calm, tropical setting. The mild water all year round allows comfortable surfing without a wetsuit in any season. The area has basic services, bungalows and boat trips, and sits very close to established destinations such as Punta Sal, which makes it easy to combine surf with rest and tourism. For the traveler exploring Peru's far north, Punta Mero is a pleasant, accessible stop, with quality waves, warm sea and the relaxed atmosphere of the Tumbes coast.

Characteristics

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

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-3.8986°, -80.8675° Tumbes
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Punta Mero — Tumbes

Current Conditions

Updated 23/08/2026 18:01

Poor
1/10

Waves

1.0m

6.5s period

Primary Swell

0.5m

12.2s SW

Wind

20 km/h

Gusts 35 km/h SW

Secondary Swell

0.3m

6.5s WSW

Temp.

23.6°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.1

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 06:25
↓ 18:26
🌙
↑ 14:59
↓ 02:49
🌖 Waxing Gibbous

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 18:43 - 0.32m

Today's Tides

Low Tide

06:18

0.60m

High Tide

12:08

1.11m

Low Tide

18:43

0.32m

Weekly Summary

Today

0.8m-1.0m

12s

SW SW SW
16 km/h
🌖

Tomorrow

0.6m-1.2m

10s

SW SW SW
17 km/h
🌖

Tue

0.7m-1.0m

9s

WSW WSW WSW
15 km/h
🌖

Wed

0.6m-0.8m

10s

SW SW SW
10 km/h
🌖

Thu

0.6m-0.9m

13s

SW SW SW
17 km/h
🌕

Fri

0.9m-1.3m

14s

SW SW SW
16 km/h
🌕

Sat

1.2m-1.4m

12s

SW SW SW
21 km/h
🌕

Sun

1.0m-1.3m

11s

SW SW SW
15 km/h
🌕

Mon

0.9m-1.0m

10s

SW SW SW
13 km/h
🌔

Tue

0.8m-1.1m

10s

SW SW SW
14 km/h
🌔

Wed

0.0m-0.0m

12 km/h
🌔

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 06:18 (0.60m) 12:08 (1.11m) 18:43 (0.32m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Already passed
Afternoon Poor

1.0m - 1.0m

233° SW
Period: 13s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 6s
⚡ 83 kJ
At night Poor

0.9m - 1.0m

233° SW
Period: 12s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 8s
⚡ 57 kJ
Tides: 01:18 (1.19m) 07:23 (0.50m) 13:12 (1.19m) 19:39 (0.23m)
Morning Fair

0.6m - 0.7m

233° SW
Period: 9s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 9s
⚡ 14 kJ
Midday Poor

0.9m - 1.0m

230° SW
Period: 13s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 6s
⚡ 67 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.1m - 1.2m

231° SW
Period: 13s
30 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 5s
⚡ 100 kJ
At night Fair

0.9m - 1.1m

231° SW
Period: 8s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 25 kJ
Tides: 02:05 (1.30m) 08:05 (0.43m) 13:53 (1.28m) 20:13 (0.14m)
Morning Fair

0.7m - 0.8m

233° SW
Period: 8s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 15s
⚡ 15 kJ
Midday Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

234° SW
Period: 12s
24 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 18s
⚡ 57 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.0m - 1.0m

233° SW
Period: 11s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 10s
⚡ 59 kJ
At night Fair

0.9m - 0.9m

238° WSW
Period: 8s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 25 kJ
Tides: 02:42 (1.43m) 08:43 (0.34m) 14:34 (1.38m) 20:45 (0.09m)
Morning Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

234° SW
Period: 9s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 8s
⚡ 19 kJ
Midday Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

231° SW
Period: 13s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 4s
⚡ 41 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.7m - 0.7m

231° SW
Period: 11s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 5s
⚡ 29 kJ
At night Fair

0.7m - 0.8m

231° SW
Period: 10s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 9s
⚡ 24 kJ
Tides: 03:11 (1.54m) 09:14 (0.27m) 15:08 (1.46m) 21:20 (0.02m)
Morning Fair

0.7m - 0.7m

235° SW
Period: 12s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 10s
⚡ 35 kJ
Midday Poor

0.8m - 0.9m

234° SW
Period: 13s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 4s
⚡ 53 kJ
Afternoon Poor

0.9m - 0.9m

235° SW
Period: 13s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 4s
⚡ 67 kJ
At night Poor

0.8m - 0.9m

231° SW
Period: 13s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 5s
⚡ 53 kJ
Tides: 03:39 (1.63m) 09:44 (0.16m) 15:40 (1.50m) 21:50 (-0.04m)
Morning Good

0.9m - 0.9m

233° SW
Period: 14s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 78 kJ
Midday Poor

1.0m - 1.1m

232° SW
Period: 14s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 14s
⚡ 96 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

232° SW
Period: 13s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 16s
⚡ 119 kJ
At night Good

1.0m - 1.3m

230° SW
Period: 13s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 8s
⚡ 83 kJ
Tides: 04:07 (1.65m) 10:17 (0.04m) 16:15 (1.53m) 22:21 (-0.06m)
Morning Good

1.2m - 1.3m

230° SW
Period: 12s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 4s
⚡ 102 kJ
Midday Poor

1.3m - 1.4m

230° SW
Period: 12s
32 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 4s
⚡ 119 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

230° SW
Period: 12s
33 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 9s
⚡ 139 kJ
At night Good

1.3m - 1.4m

230° SW
Period: 12s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 9s
⚡ 119 kJ
Morning Good

1.1m - 1.1m

229° SW
Period: 11s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 4s
⚡ 72 kJ
Midday Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

229° SW
Period: 11s
24 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 4s
⚡ 86 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

228° SW
Period: 11s
24 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 4s
⚡ 86 kJ
At night Good

1.2m - 1.3m

230° SW
Period: 11s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 4s
⚡ 86 kJ
Morning Fair

0.9m - 0.9m

226° SW
Period: 10s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 11s
⚡ 40 kJ
Midday Poor

0.9m - 1.0m

225° SW
Period: 10s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 17s
⚡ 40 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.0m - 1.0m

225° SW
Period: 10s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 49 kJ
At night Fair

1.0m - 1.0m

227° SW
Period: 10s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 8s
⚡ 49 kJ
Morning Fair

0.8m - 0.9m

221° SW
Period: 10s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 16s
⚡ 31 kJ
Midday Poor

1.0m - 1.0m

221° SW
Period: 10s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 16s
⚡ 49 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.0m - 1.1m

221° SW
Period: 10s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 16s
⚡ 49 kJ
At night Fair

0.9m - 0.9m

220° SW
Period: 10s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 13s
⚡ 40 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
8 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
23 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
21 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
6 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
Sun 23 Aug 18:00 1.0m 6s 0.4m / 13s SW 22 km/h 0.2m / 6s SW - 0.10 m/s 0.8 10+ km 0.34m
1
Sun 23 Aug 19:00 1.0m 7s 0.5m / 12s SW 20 km/h 0.3m / 6s WSW - - 0.1 10+ km 0.32m
1
Sun 23 Aug 20:00 0.9m 7s 0.4m / 12s SW 18 km/h 0.3m / 7s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.39m
1
Sun 23 Aug 21:00 0.9m 7s 0.4m / 13s SW 17 km/h 0.2m / 8s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.55m
1
Sun 23 Aug 22:00 0.9m 7s 0.4m / 12s SW 12 km/h 0.2m / 9s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.75m
1
Sun 23 Aug 23:00 0.8m 7s 0.4m / 10s SW 6 km/h 0.3m / 10s WSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.95m
2

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Surf information for Punta Mero

Punta Mero is a Intermediate level surf spot located in Contralmirante Villar, Tumbes, Perú. The bottom surface is arena. The waves break both left and right.

Today's conditions at Punta Mero

Right now, Punta Mero has waves of about 1.0m with a swell period of 12 seconds and SW (20 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Punta Mero you can practice surf. The area offers restaurants and nearby lodging. You can get there by car.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at Punta Mero is around 25 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Punta Mero

Is the wave at Punta Mero a left or a right?
Punta Mero offers both left and right waves.
What level do you need to surf at Punta Mero?
Punta Mero is a spot recommended for intermediate surfers.
Where is Punta Mero located?
Punta Mero is located in Canoas de Punta Sal, Contralmirante Villar, Tumbes, Peru.
How do you get to Punta Mero?
You can reach Punta Mero by car.
What is the water temperature at Punta Mero?
The water is around 25 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf

Services

restaurantes hospedaje

Access

auto

Other surf spots in Tumbes

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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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