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San Gallán - Sangayán

Ica, Pisco - Paracas · Expert Fair
1.6m
4/10
12s 16 km/h
San Gallán - Sangayán - surf spot in Ica

About San Gallán - Sangayán

San Gallán, also called Sangayán, is an island within the Paracas National Reserve, in Ica, home to one of the best rights in Peru and a challenge reserved for expert surfers. It is reached only by boat, about an hour from the El Chaco pier, which makes it a real adventure before even entering the water. The wave is a reef break over rocky and coral bottom that breaks to the west, with long, tubular sections of great quality and power. Its best season runs from March to October, with south swells. Being in a marine nature reserve, the setting is spectacular, with abundant marine life and birds, far from any crowd. Because of its isolation, shallow bottom and power, San Gallán is only for experienced, well-prepared surfers seeking an extreme, unforgettable experience in Peruvian waters.

Characteristics

Level
Extreme conditions. Only for very experienced surfers.
· 📅 March - October ·
Surface
Type of seabed where the waves break.
·
Direction
Direction the wave breaks as seen from the water.

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-13.8226°, -76.4611° Ica

San Gallán - Sangayán — Ica

Current Conditions

Updated 19/10/2026 00:01

Fair
4/10

Waves

1.6m

11.4s period

Primary Swell

1.3m

12.0s SW

Wind

16 km/h

Gusts 31 km/h SSE

Secondary Swell

0.7m

6.1s S

Temp.

22.3°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 05:36
↓ 18:03
🌙
↑ 12:36
↓ 00:57
🌗 First Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 09:00 - 0.55m

Best Time to Surf Today

06:00 - 09:00

🌊 1.6m 💨 4 km/h
Epic 8/10 avg.

Today's Tides

High Tide

01:10

0.97m

Low Tide

09:00

0.55m

High Tide

14:00

0.64m

Low Tide

17:30

0.59m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.6m-1.7m

12s

SW SW SW
14 km/h
🌗

Tomorrow

1.7m-1.9m

11s

SW SW SW
19 km/h
🌗

Wed

1.9m-2.5m

12s

SW SW SW
25 km/h
🌖

Thu

2.4m-2.6m

11s

SW SW SW
29 km/h
🌖

Fri

2.2m-2.5m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
31 km/h
🌖

Sat

2.4m-2.6m

11s

SSW SSW SSW
34 km/h
🌖

Sun

2.0m-2.6m

7s

SSW SSW SSW
27 km/h
🌕

Mon

1.6m-2.0m

7s

SSW S S
20 km/h
🌕

Tue

1.5m-1.7m

11s

SSW SW SSW
22 km/h
🌕

Wed

0.0m-0.0m

27 km/h
🌔

Thu

0.0m-0.0m

25 km/h
🌔

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 01:10 (0.97m) 09:00 (0.55m) 14:00 (0.64m) 17:30 (0.59m)
Morning Epic

1.6m - 1.6m

225° SW
Period: 12s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 6s
⚡ 181 kJ
Midday Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

224° SW
Period: 12s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 6s
⚡ 181 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.6m - 1.6m

224° SW
Period: 12s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 181 kJ
At night Good

1.6m - 1.7m

225° SW
Period: 12s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 181 kJ
Tides: 01:54 (1.03m) 09:18 (0.54m) 14:50 (0.74m) 19:30 (0.62m)
Morning Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

225° SW
Period: 10s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 16s
⚡ 142 kJ
Midday Fair

1.7m - 1.7m

224° SW
Period: 10s
24 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 15s
⚡ 142 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.8m - 1.8m

217° SW
Period: 14s
28 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 9s
⚡ 312 kJ
At night Epic

1.8m - 1.9m

225° SW
Period: 11s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 13s
⚡ 192 kJ
Tides: 02:40 (1.07m) 09:42 (0.54m) 15:30 (0.83m) 20:30 (0.62m)
Morning Good

1.9m - 2.0m

219° SW
Period: 12s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 255 kJ
Midday Fair

2.1m - 2.2m

217° SW
Period: 12s
35 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 8s
⚡ 312 kJ
Afternoon Fair

2.3m - 2.4m

216° SW
Period: 12s
34 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 6s
⚡ 374 kJ
At night Fair

2.2m - 2.5m

220° SW
Period: 12s
24 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 5s
⚡ 342 kJ
Tides: 03:00 (1.08m) 09:50 (0.48m) 15:56 (0.88m) 21:18 (0.57m)
Morning Fair

2.5m - 2.5m

215° SW
Period: 11s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 371 kJ
Midday Poor

2.4m - 2.4m

214° SW
Period: 11s
36 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 9s
⚡ 342 kJ
Afternoon Poor

2.5m - 2.5m

214° SW
Period: 11s
38 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 9s
⚡ 371 kJ
At night Fair

2.5m - 2.6m

213° SSW
Period: 11s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 6s
⚡ 371 kJ
Tides: 03:37 (1.05m) 10:10 (0.42m) 16:30 (0.92m) 22:00 (0.53m)
Morning Poor

2.2m - 2.3m

211° SSW
Period: 10s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 7s
⚡ 238 kJ
Midday Poor

2.3m - 2.4m

212° SSW
Period: 10s
39 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 9s
⚡ 260 kJ
Afternoon Poor

2.4m - 2.5m

211° SSW
Period: 10s
41 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 8s
⚡ 283 kJ
At night Poor

2.4m - 2.5m

211° SSW
Period: 10s
27 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 8s
⚡ 283 kJ
Tides: 04:00 (1.00m) 10:37 (0.35m) 17:00 (1.00m)
Morning Poor

2.4m - 2.4m

207° SSW
Period: 11s
31 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 7s
⚡ 342 kJ
Midday Poor

2.5m - 2.5m

209° SSW
Period: 11s
42 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 7s
⚡ 371 kJ
Afternoon Poor

2.5m - 2.5m

208° SSW
Period: 11s
40 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 8s
⚡ 371 kJ
At night Poor

2.5m - 2.6m

208° SSW
Period: 11s
31 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 7s
⚡ 371 kJ
Morning Poor

2.2m - 2.4m

197° SSW
Period: 7s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 12s
⚡ 116 kJ
Midday Poor

2.1m - 2.1m

189° S
Period: 7s
31 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 11s
⚡ 106 kJ
Afternoon Poor

2.1m - 2.1m

191° S
Period: 7s
31 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 11s
⚡ 106 kJ
At night Poor

2.3m - 2.6m

199° SSW
Period: 8s
27 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 11s
⚡ 166 kJ
Morning Fair

1.7m - 1.8m

185° S
Period: 6s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 10s
⚡ 51 kJ
Midday Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

197° SSW
Period: 9s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 15s
⚡ 102 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

199° SSW
Period: 9s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 15s
⚡ 102 kJ
At night Fair

1.8m - 2.0m

193° SSW
Period: 7s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 12s
⚡ 78 kJ
Morning Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

221° SW
Period: 9s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 11s
⚡ 89 kJ
Midday Poor

1.5m - 1.5m

221° SW
Period: 13s
24 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 7s
⚡ 187 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.6m - 1.7m

221° SW
Period: 13s
29 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 7s
⚡ 212 kJ
At night Fair

1.6m - 1.7m

209° SSW
Period: 11s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 12s
⚡ 152 kJ
Morning Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
23 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
31 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
32 km/h
At night Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

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

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
25 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 11s 1.3m / 12s SW 20 km/h 0.6m / 6s S - - 0.0 10+ km 0.97m
4
Mon 19 Oct 02:00 1.6m 11s 1.3m / 12s SW 16 km/h 0.7m / 6s S - - 0.0 10+ km 0.96m
4
Mon 19 Oct 03:00 1.6m 12s 1.3m / 12s SW 11 km/h 0.7m / 6s S - - 0.0 10+ km 0.91m
4
Mon 19 Oct 04:00 1.6m 12s 1.3m / 12s SW 7 km/h 0.8m / 6s S - - 0.0 10+ km 0.84m
6
Mon 19 Oct 05:00 1.6m 12s 1.3m / 12s SW 4 km/h 0.8m / 5s S - - 0.0 10+ km 0.76m
7
Mon 19 Oct 06:00 1.6m 12s 1.4m / 12s SW 4 km/h 0.8m / 6s S - 0.30 m/s 0.1 10+ km 0.68m
8

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Surf information for San Gallán - Sangayán

San Gallán - Sangayán is a Expert level surf spot located in Pisco, Ica, Perú. The bottom surface is roca. The best season to surf is March - October.

Today's conditions at San Gallán - Sangayán

Right now, San Gallán - Sangayán has waves of about 1.6m with a swell period of 12 seconds and SSE (16 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At San Gallán - Sangayán you can practice surf. You can get there by boat.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at San Gallán - Sangayán is around 22 °C, so a 2/2 mm spring suit is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at San Gallán - Sangayán

Is the wave at San Gallán - Sangayán a left or a right?
The wave at San Gallán - Sangayán breaks mainly to the right.
What level do you need to surf at San Gallán - Sangayán?
San Gallán - Sangayán is a spot recommended for expert surfers.
What is the best season to surf at San Gallán - Sangayán?
The best season to surf at San Gallán - Sangayán is March - October.
Where is San Gallán - Sangayán located?
San Gallán - Sangayán is located in Paracas, Pisco, Ica, Peru.
How do you get to San Gallán - Sangayán?
You can reach San Gallán - Sangayán by boat.
What is the water temperature at San Gallán - Sangayán?
The water is around 22 °C, so a 2/2 mm spring suit is recommended.

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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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