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Sacasemita

Ica, Pisco - Paracas · Advanced Poor
1.4m
3/10
11s 12 km/h
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Sacasemita - surf spot in Ica
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About Sacasemita

Sacasemita is an isolated spot in the Ica region, near Puerto Caballas and south of Paracas, ideal for experienced surfers looking for quality waves far from everything. The area combines beach break and reef break sections that offer both rights and lefts, with waves that can become powerful and demanding depending on the swell. Its remote character is both its greatest appeal and its main challenge: there are no services nearby, so you must arrive prepared with water, food, fuel and all necessary equipment. The reward is surfing in a pristine desert setting, with cliffs, open sea and almost no one in the water. It works best with the south swells of the southern hemisphere winter. It is a destination for the adventurous, self-sufficient surfer who values exploration and solitude as much as wave quality, on one of the wildest stretches of the Peruvian coast.

Characteristics

Level
Powerful waves or obstacles. Experience required.
·
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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-14.1437°, -76.2806° Ica
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Sacasemita — Ica

Current Conditions

Updated 16/09/2026 06:01

Poor
3/10

Waves

1.4m

10.6s period

Primary Swell

1.0m

11.3s SW

Wind

12 km/h

Gusts 21 km/h S

Secondary Swell

0.7m

9.3s SSW

Temp.

20.6°C

🦺 Shorty 2mm

UV

1.7

Low

Visibility

2.1 km

Poor

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 05:58
↓ 18:00
🌙
↑ 09:39
↓ 23:00
🌘 Waxing Crescent

Tide

Rising

High Tide 08:50 - 0.76m

Best Time to Surf Today

07:00 - 10:00

🌊 1.4m 💨 13 km/h
Poor 3/10 avg.

Today's Tides

Low Tide

04:10

0.60m

High Tide

08:50

0.76m

Low Tide

15:00

0.47m

High Tide

22:30

0.90m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.3m-1.4m

11s

SW SW SW
21 km/h
🌘

Tomorrow

1.2m-1.5m

11s

SW SW SW
22 km/h
🌗

Fri

1.3m-1.7m

11s

SW SW SW
25 km/h
🌗

Sat

1.3m-1.5m

9s

SW SW SW
23 km/h
🌗

Sun

1.4m-1.6m

9s

SW SW SW
25 km/h
🌗

Mon

1.5m-1.7m

8s

SSW SSW SSW
23 km/h
🌖

Tue

1.6m-1.7m

6s

SSW SSW SSW
19 km/h
🌖

Wed

1.2m-1.7m

7s

SSW S S
11 km/h
🌖

Thu

1.1m-1.3m

7s

SW SW SW
19 km/h
🌖

Fri

0.0m-0.0m

22 km/h
🌕

Sat

0.0m-0.0m

15 km/h
🌕

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 04:10 (0.60m) 08:50 (0.76m) 15:00 (0.47m) 22:30 (0.90m)
Morning Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

219° SW
Period: 11s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 9s
⚡ 116 kJ
Midday Poor

1.3m - 1.4m

218° SW
Period: 11s
27 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 100 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

221° SW
Period: 11s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 8s
⚡ 100 kJ
At night Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

225° SW
Period: 11s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 8s
⚡ 100 kJ
Tides: 05:30 (0.57m) 09:30 (0.62m) 15:50 (0.43m) 23:30 (0.82m)
Morning Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

226° SW
Period: 11s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 6s
⚡ 86 kJ
Midday Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

229° SW
Period: 11s
28 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 6s
⚡ 86 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.4m

230° SW
Period: 11s
33 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 7s
⚡ 100 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.5m

225° SW
Period: 11s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 7s
⚡ 100 kJ
Tides: 07:30 (0.52m) 09:30 (0.53m) 16:30 (0.44m)
Morning Poor

1.3m - 1.4m

231° SW
Period: 11s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 15s
⚡ 100 kJ
Midday Poor

1.4m - 1.5m

230° SW
Period: 10s
36 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 18s
⚡ 96 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.6m - 1.6m

230° SW
Period: 10s
36 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 17s
⚡ 126 kJ
At night Poor

1.5m - 1.7m

231° SW
Period: 11s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 8s
⚡ 134 kJ
Tides: 01:00 (0.84m) 09:30 (0.48m) 13:00 (0.51m) 18:30 (0.43m)
Morning Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

226° SW
Period: 10s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 15s
⚡ 96 kJ
Midday Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

225° SW
Period: 9s
30 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 16s
⚡ 78 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

224° SW
Period: 9s
32 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 16s
⚡ 78 kJ
At night Fair

1.4m - 1.5m

214° SW
Period: 9s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 11s
⚡ 78 kJ
Tides: 02:10 (0.85m) 09:30 (0.48m) 14:30 (0.55m) 19:30 (0.46m)
Morning Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

222° SW
Period: 9s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 15s
⚡ 78 kJ
Midday Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

219° SW
Period: 8s
36 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 62 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.5m - 1.5m

219° SW
Period: 8s
35 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 71 kJ
At night Poor

1.5m - 1.6m

222° SW
Period: 9s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 89 kJ
Tides: 03:00 (0.94m) 10:15 (0.50m) 15:10 (0.63m) 20:15 (0.47m)
Morning Poor

1.5m - 1.5m

184° S
Period: 5s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 28 kJ
Midday Poor

1.5m - 1.6m

193° SSW
Period: 9s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 89 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.6m - 1.7m

218° SW
Period: 13s
31 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 8s
⚡ 212 kJ
At night Poor

1.7m - 1.7m

202° SSW
Period: 7s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 70 kJ
Tides: 03:40 (1.01m) 10:45 (0.47m) 15:50 (0.66m) 21:15 (0.44m)
Morning Poor

1.6m - 1.6m

189° S
Period: 6s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 45 kJ
Midday Poor

1.7m - 1.7m

200° SSW
Period: 6s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 51 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.7m - 1.7m

199° SSW
Period: 6s
24 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 51 kJ
At night Poor

1.7m - 1.7m

198° SSW
Period: 6s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 11s
⚡ 51 kJ
Morning Fair

1.4m - 1.5m

176° S
Period: 5s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 24 kJ
Midday Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

197° SSW
Period: 7s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 10s
⚡ 41 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.3m

219° SW
Period: 9s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 9s
⚡ 57 kJ
At night Fair

1.4m - 1.7m

192° SSW
Period: 7s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 47 kJ
Morning Poor

1.1m - 1.2m

183° S
Period: 6s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 21 kJ
Midday Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

188° S
Period: 7s
28 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 35 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.3m

184° S
Period: 7s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 35 kJ
At night Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

225° SW
Period: 9s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 10s
⚡ 57 kJ
Morning Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
20 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
29 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
28 km/h
At night Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
19 km/h
Morning Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
10 km/h
Midday
Afternoon
At night Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
16 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
Wed 16 Sep 07:00 1.4m 11s 1.0m / 11s SW 11 km/h 0.7m / 10s SSW - - 0.4 1.1 km 0.71m
3
Wed 16 Sep 08:00 1.4m 11s 1.0m / 11s SW 12 km/h 0.7m / 9s SSW - - 1.7 2.1 km 0.75m
3
Wed 16 Sep 09:00 1.4m 11s 1.0m / 11s SW 14 km/h 0.7m / 9s SSW - - 3.2 7.3 km 0.76m
3
Wed 16 Sep 10:00 1.4m 11s 1.0m / 11s SW 19 km/h 0.7m / 9s SSW - - 5.3 10+ km 0.74m
3
Wed 16 Sep 11:00 1.4m 11s 1.0m / 11s SW 23 km/h 0.6m / 10s SSW - - 8.2 10+ km 0.69m
3
Wed 16 Sep 12:00 1.4m 10s 0.9m / 11s SW 27 km/h 0.6m / 12s SW - 0.21 m/s 9.0 10+ km 0.62m
3

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Surf information for Sacasemita

Sacasemita is a Advanced level surf spot located in Pisco, Ica, Perú. The bottom surface is arena y roca. The waves break both left and right.

Today's conditions at Sacasemita

Right now, Sacasemita has waves of about 1.4m with a swell period of 11 seconds and S (12 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Sacasemita you can practice surf. You can get there by off-road vehicle.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at Sacasemita is around 20 °C, so a 2/2 mm spring suit is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Sacasemita

Is the wave at Sacasemita a left or a right?
Sacasemita offers both left and right waves.
What level do you need to surf at Sacasemita?
Sacasemita is a spot recommended for advanced surfers.
Where is Sacasemita located?
Sacasemita is located in Paracas, Pisco, Ica, Peru.
How do you get to Sacasemita?
You can reach Sacasemita by off-road vehicle.
What is the water temperature at Sacasemita?
The water is around 20 °C, so a 2/2 mm spring suit is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf

Access

todo_terreno

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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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