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San Gallán - Sangayán

Ica, Pisco - Paracas · Expert Fair
2.0m
4/10
7s 15 km/h
San Gallán - Sangayán - surf spot in Ica

About San Gallán - Sangayán

Peru's best right, located on an island in the Paracas National Reserve. Access only by boat from El Chaco. Unique tubular wave breaking westward, an extreme adventure.

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 08/07/2026 21:01

Fair
4/10

Waves

2.0m

9.0s period

Primary Swell

1.3m

7.3s SSW

Wind

15 km/h

Gusts 29 km/h SE

Secondary Swell

1.0m

10.4s SSW

Temp.

20.0°C

🦺 Shorty 2mm

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

2.0 km

Poor

Sun & Moon

☀️
06:30
17:50
🌙
00:26
12:21
🌓 Last Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Rising

High Tide 01:42 - 0.79m

Today's Tides

Low Tide

05:15

0.53m

High Tide

11:15

0.77m

Low Tide

18:30

0.29m

Weekly Summary

Today

2.1m-2.1m

10s

SSW
18 km/h
🌓

Tomorrow

1.8m-2.0m

12s

SSW S SSW
16 km/h
🌓

Fri

1.8m-1.9m

12s

SSW SSW SSW
15 km/h
🌒

Sat

1.8m-1.9m

11s

SW SW SW
14 km/h
🌒

Sun

1.6m-1.8m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
13 km/h
🌒

Mon

1.5m-1.6m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
11 km/h
🌑

Tue

1.5m-1.6m

11s

SSW SSW SSW
13 km/h
🌑

Wed

1.4m-1.5m

10s

SW SW SW
12 km/h
🌑

Thu

1.5m-1.5m

11s

SW SW SSW
9 km/h
🌑

Fri

1.3m-1.5m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
15 km/h
🌘

Sat

0.0m-0.0m

18 km/h
🌘

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 05:15 (0.53m) 11:15 (0.77m) 18:30 (0.29m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Already passed
Afternoon Already passed
At night Poor

2.1m - 2.1m

204° SSW
Period: 10s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 8s
⚡ 217 kJ
Tides: 01:42 (0.79m) 07:10 (0.57m) 12:10 (0.74m) 19:06 (0.28m)
Morning Good

1.8m - 1.9m

215° SW
Period: 13s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 12s
⚡ 269 kJ
Midday Good

1.9m - 2.0m

210° SSW
Period: 13s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 7s
⚡ 300 kJ
Afternoon Poor

2.0m - 2.0m

210° SSW
Period: 13s
28 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 6s
⚡ 332 kJ
At night Good

1.9m - 2.0m

211° SSW
Period: 11s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 10s
⚡ 214 kJ
Tides: 02:40 (0.93m) 08:50 (0.57m) 13:15 (0.72m) 19:54 (0.26m)
Morning Good

1.8m - 1.8m

213° SSW
Period: 12s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 5s
⚡ 229 kJ
Midday Good

1.8m - 1.8m

213° SSW
Period: 12s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 5s
⚡ 229 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.8m - 1.8m

213° SSW
Period: 12s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 9s
⚡ 229 kJ
At night Fair

1.9m - 1.9m

212° SSW
Period: 12s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 11s
⚡ 255 kJ
Tides: 03:30 (1.04m) 10:06 (0.53m) 14:30 (0.70m) 20:47 (0.25m)
Morning Good

1.8m - 1.8m

208° SSW
Period: 12s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 5s
⚡ 229 kJ
Midday Good

1.8m - 1.8m

205° SSW
Period: 12s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 5s
⚡ 229 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.8m - 1.8m

204° SSW
Period: 12s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 5s
⚡ 229 kJ
At night Good

1.8m - 1.9m

203° SSW
Period: 11s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 10s
⚡ 192 kJ
Tides: 04:15 (1.17m) 11:06 (0.51m) 15:30 (0.72m) 21:38 (0.22m)
Morning Good

1.7m - 1.8m

201° SSW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 6s
⚡ 172 kJ
Midday Good

1.7m - 1.7m

195° SSW
Period: 9s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 12s
⚡ 115 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.7m - 1.7m

194° SSW
Period: 9s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 14s
⚡ 115 kJ
At night Good

1.7m - 1.8m

202° SSW
Period: 10s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 10s
⚡ 142 kJ
Tides: 05:00 (1.25m) 12:00 (0.44m) 16:40 (0.69m) 22:30 (0.19m)
Morning Good

1.5m - 1.5m

196° SSW
Period: 10s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 110 kJ
Midday Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

199° SSW
Period: 11s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 6s
⚡ 134 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

199° SSW
Period: 11s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 9s
⚡ 134 kJ
At night Good

1.5m - 1.6m

194° SSW
Period: 9s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 13s
⚡ 89 kJ
Tides: 05:57 (1.27m) 12:50 (0.40m) 17:40 (0.70m)
Morning Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

198° SSW
Period: 10s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 13s
⚡ 110 kJ
Midday Good

1.5m - 1.5m

224° SW
Period: 13s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 10s
⚡ 187 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.5m - 1.6m

224° SW
Period: 12s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 9s
⚡ 159 kJ
At night Good

1.5m - 1.6m

198° SSW
Period: 11s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 134 kJ
Morning Good

1.5m - 1.5m

219° SW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 6s
⚡ 134 kJ
Midday Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

223° SW
Period: 10s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 12s
⚡ 96 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.4m - 1.5m

222° SW
Period: 10s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 12s
⚡ 96 kJ
At night Good

1.5m - 1.5m

219° SW
Period: 11s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 8s
⚡ 134 kJ
Morning Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

207° SSW
Period: 12s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 9s
⚡ 159 kJ
Midday Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

211° SSW
Period: 11s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 17s
⚡ 134 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

210° SSW
Period: 10s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 9s
⚡ 110 kJ
At night Good

1.5m - 1.5m

208° SSW
Period: 11s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 14s
⚡ 134 kJ
Morning Good

1.4m - 1.4m

209° SSW
Period: 9s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 12s
⚡ 78 kJ
Midday Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

210° SSW
Period: 9s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 12s
⚡ 67 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

203° SSW
Period: 10s
24 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 15s
⚡ 83 kJ
At night Epic

1.4m - 1.5m

209° SSW
Period: 10s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 13s
⚡ 96 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
8 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
22 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
28 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
19 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 23:00 2.1m 9s 1.2m / 10s SSW 18 km/h 0.8m / 8s SSW - - 0.0 2.0 km 0.66m
3
Thu 09 Jul 00:00 2.0m 9s 1.3m / 7s SSW 15 km/h 1.0m / 10s SSW - - 0.0 2.0 km 0.74m
4
Thu 09 Jul 01:00 1.9m 9s 1.4m / 6s S 9 km/h 1.1m / 13s SSW - - 0.0 2.2 km 0.78m
6
Thu 09 Jul 02:00 1.9m 9s 1.2m / 7s SSW 6 km/h 0.9m / 14s SSW - - 0.0 2.0 km 0.79m
6
Thu 09 Jul 03:00 1.9m 10s 1.1m / 9s SSW 9 km/h 0.8m / 16s SSW - - 0.0 1.6 km 0.75m
6
Thu 09 Jul 04:00 1.8m 10s 1.0m / 11s SW 10 km/h 0.6m / 16s SSW - - 0.0 2.4 km 0.69m
6

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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.

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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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