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San Gallán - Sangayán

Ica, Pisco - Paracas · Expert Poor
1.2m
2/10
8s 24 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 23/08/2026 18:00

Poor
2/10

Waves

1.2m

9.4s period

Primary Swell

1.0m

7.8s S

Wind

24 km/h

Gusts 37 km/h S

Secondary Swell

0.5m

14.9s SW

Temp.

20.1°C

🦺 Shorty 2mm

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
06:15
18:00
🌙
14:19
02:53
🌖 Waxing Gibbous

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 20:45 - 0.37m

Today's Tides

High Tide

03:30

0.92m

Low Tide

10:18

0.49m

High Tide

15:10

0.62m

Low Tide

20:45

0.37m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.2m-1.3m

8s

S S S
21 km/h
🌖

Tomorrow

1.2m-1.6m

9s

SSW SSW SSW
22 km/h
🌖

Tue

1.4m-1.6m

9s

SSW SSW SSW
20 km/h
🌖

Wed

1.3m-1.6m

12s

SW SW SW
15 km/h
🌖

Thu

1.1m-1.4m

13s

SW SW SW
14 km/h
🌕

Fri

1.4m-2.2m

12s

SW SW SW
17 km/h
🌕

Sat

2.0m-2.2m

11s

SW SW SW
19 km/h
🌕

Sun

1.9m-2.4m

10s

SW SW SW
24 km/h
🌕

Mon

2.2m-2.5m

10s

SW SW SW
25 km/h
🌔

Tue

2.1m-2.4m

10s

SW SW SW
24 km/h
🌔

Wed

0.0m-0.0m

21 km/h
🌔

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 03:30 (0.92m) 10:18 (0.49m) 15:10 (0.62m) 20:45 (0.37m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Already passed
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

191° S
Period: 8s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 15s
⚡ 45 kJ
At night Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

191° S
Period: 8s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 53 kJ
Tides: 04:13 (0.99m) 11:06 (0.45m) 15:54 (0.62m) 21:40 (0.31m)
Morning Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

192° SSW
Period: 7s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 13s
⚡ 35 kJ
Midday Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

190° S
Period: 7s
31 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 35 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.4m

205° SSW
Period: 11s
31 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 8s
⚡ 100 kJ
At night Poor

1.4m - 1.6m

206° SSW
Period: 9s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 10s
⚡ 78 kJ
Tides: 04:47 (1.01m) 11:30 (0.41m) 16:30 (0.63m) 22:10 (0.28m)
Morning Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

198° SSW
Period: 9s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 15s
⚡ 78 kJ
Midday Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

199° SSW
Period: 9s
31 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 16s
⚡ 78 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.5m - 1.5m

198° SSW
Period: 8s
31 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 15s
⚡ 71 kJ
At night Good

1.6m - 1.6m

204° SSW
Period: 10s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 126 kJ
Tides: 05:21 (1.05m) 12:00 (0.43m) 17:06 (0.70m) 22:40 (0.33m)
Morning Good

1.3m - 1.4m

204° SSW
Period: 12s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 119 kJ
Midday Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

229° SW
Period: 13s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 14s
⚡ 140 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

231° SW
Period: 12s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 119 kJ
At night Good

1.4m - 1.6m

230° SW
Period: 12s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 139 kJ
Tides: 05:45 (1.11m) 12:30 (0.43m) 17:30 (0.75m) 23:13 (0.33m)
Morning Good

1.1m - 1.2m

226° SW
Period: 14s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 16s
⚡ 116 kJ
Midday Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

227° SW
Period: 13s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 100 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.1m - 1.2m

227° SW
Period: 13s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 7s
⚡ 100 kJ
At night Good

1.3m - 1.4m

227° SW
Period: 13s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 12s
⚡ 140 kJ
Tides: 06:10 (1.10m) 13:00 (0.39m) 18:18 (0.74m) 23:56 (0.31m)
Morning Epic

1.8m - 1.9m

224° SW
Period: 13s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 4s
⚡ 269 kJ
Midday Fair

2.0m - 2.0m

223° SW
Period: 12s
24 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 4s
⚡ 283 kJ
Afternoon Fair

2.1m - 2.2m

223° SW
Period: 12s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 5s
⚡ 312 kJ
At night Good

1.8m - 2.2m

224° SW
Period: 12s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 5s
⚡ 229 kJ
Tides: 06:43 (1.04m) 13:20 (0.35m) 19:00 (0.79m)
Morning Good

2.1m - 2.1m

225° SW
Period: 11s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 4s
⚡ 262 kJ
Midday Fair

2.0m - 2.0m

226° SW
Period: 11s
25 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 4s
⚡ 238 kJ
Afternoon Poor

2.0m - 2.0m

226° SW
Period: 11s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 5s
⚡ 238 kJ
At night Good

2.1m - 2.2m

225° SW
Period: 11s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 5s
⚡ 262 kJ
Morning Fair

2.0m - 2.0m

226° SW
Period: 10s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 5s
⚡ 196 kJ
Midday Poor

2.0m - 2.1m

227° SW
Period: 10s
34 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 6s
⚡ 196 kJ
Afternoon Poor

2.2m - 2.3m

227° SW
Period: 10s
37 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 7s
⚡ 238 kJ
At night Fair

2.2m - 2.4m

226° SW
Period: 11s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 6s
⚡ 288 kJ
Morning Poor

2.2m - 2.3m

207° SSW
Period: 9s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 8s
⚡ 192 kJ
Midday Poor

2.3m - 2.4m

225° SW
Period: 11s
38 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 7s
⚡ 314 kJ
Afternoon Poor

2.5m - 2.5m

224° SW
Period: 11s
37 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 7s
⚡ 371 kJ
At night Poor

2.4m - 2.5m

224° SW
Period: 10s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 8s
⚡ 283 kJ
Morning Poor

2.2m - 2.3m

218° SW
Period: 9s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 7s
⚡ 192 kJ
Midday Poor

2.2m - 2.2m

221° SW
Period: 10s
33 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 7s
⚡ 238 kJ
Afternoon Poor

2.3m - 2.4m

222° SW
Period: 10s
35 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 260 kJ
At night Poor

2.4m - 2.4m

219° SW
Period: 10s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 8s
⚡ 283 kJ
Morning Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
16 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
33 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
34 km/h
At night Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
14 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 1.2m 10s 1.0m / 8s S 23 km/h 0.5m / 15s SW - 0.15 m/s 0.4 10+ km 0.49m
2
Sun 23 Aug 19:00 1.2m 9s 1.0m / 8s S 24 km/h 0.5m / 15s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.43m
2
Sun 23 Aug 20:00 1.2m 9s 1.0m / 8s S 24 km/h 0.5m / 15s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.38m
2
Sun 23 Aug 21:00 1.3m 9s 1.0m / 8s S 22 km/h 0.5m / 15s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.37m
2
Sun 23 Aug 22:00 1.3m 9s 1.0m / 8s S 18 km/h 0.5m / 15s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.40m
3
Sun 23 Aug 23:00 1.3m 9s 0.9m / 8s SSW 15 km/h 0.5m / 13s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.48m
3

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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 1.2m with a swell period of 8 seconds and S (24 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 20 °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 20 °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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