Surf forecast · Peru · North Peru
Surf forecast Huanchaco today
Waves, swell and wind at Huanchaco (North Peru, Peru) today and for the next 3 days, every 3 hours of daylight, with a plain verdict per day — flat, small, fun, good or big, offshore or onshore — and the best window to paddle out.
These numbers are more than 7 hours old, so they are hidden. Open the live waves map for the current sea. Open the waves map centred on Huanchaco
Right now
Good cross-shore.
Huanchaco surf forecast, next 3 days
- Flat
- Small
- Fun
- Good
- Big
Saturday 24 October
No daylight hours left today: see tomorrow.
Sunday 25 October
Good Best window 08:00–11:00: good, light wind.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06:00 | 1.9 m · 9 s ↑SSW | 1.9 m · 8 s ↑SSW | 9–18 km/h ↑SE cross-shore |
| 09:00 | 1.9 m · 9 s ↑SSW | 1.9 m · 8 s ↑SSW | 7–20 km/h ↑SE light wind |
| 12:00 | 1.8 m · 9 s ↑SSW | 1.8 m · 8 s ↑SSW | 14–34 km/h ↑SSW cross-shore |
| 15:00 | 1.8 m · 9 s ↑SSW | 1.8 m · 8 s ↑SSW | 15–36 km/h ↑S cross-shore |
Monday 26 October
Good Best window 06:00–09:00: good, light wind.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06:00 | 1.6 m · 10 s ↑SSW | 1.4 m · 8 s ↑S | 7–19 km/h ↑SE light wind |
| 09:00 | 1.6 m · 10 s ↑SSW | 1.4 m · 8 s ↑SSW | 11–28 km/h ↑S cross-shore |
| 12:00 | 1.5 m · 10 s ↑SSW | 1.4 m · 8 s ↑SSW | 20–45 km/h ↑S cross-shore |
| 15:00 | 1.5 m · 10 s ↑SSW | 1.4 m · 9 s ↑SSW | 14–39 km/h ↑S cross-shore |
Tuesday 27 October
Fun Best window 07:00–10:00: fun, cross-shore.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06:00 | 1.4 m · 10 s ↑SSW | 1.3 m · 7 s ↑SSW | 10–20 km/h ↑SE cross-shore |
| 09:00 | 1.4 m · 10 s ↑SSW | 1.2 m · 7 s ↑SSW | 9–25 km/h ↑S cross-shore |
| 12:00 | 1.4 m · 10 s ↑SSW | 1.1 m · 7 s ↑SSW | 17–44 km/h ↑S cross-shore |
| 15:00 | 1.4 m · 9 s ↑SSW | 1.0 m · 7 s ↑SSW | 13–33 km/h ↑S cross-shore |
Every 3 hours of daylight, local time. Waves = significant height of the whole sea, with the peak period; swell = the long-period part. Arrows point where the waves and the wind are going.
Forecast for Sat 20:00 local time · updated 2026-10-25 01:11 UTC
Waves map around Huanchaco
Open the waves map centred on Huanchaco
Live significant wave height from NOAA WaveWatch III, averaged over 2° cells: coarser than the forecast above, so near the coast it can differ from it.
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Questions
- Is there surf at Huanchaco today?
- Good: waves 2.0 m at 9 s from SSW, swell 1.6 m · 6 s SSW (Sat 20:00).
- Is the wind offshore at Huanchaco?
- Wind 11 km/h from SSE: cross-shore for a beach facing WSW.
- When is the best time to surf Huanchaco today?
- No daylight hours are left today; the table shows the next days.
- How warm is the water at Huanchaco?
- 24.2 °C
- Where do the numbers come from?
- The Open-Meteo Marine API (wave models of Météo-France, ECMWF and NOAA) for a point just off the beach, and the Open-Meteo forecast for the wind. A model at sea, not a surf report: sandbanks, reefs and tide shape the waves you actually get.
Nearby surf spots
Chicama 55 km · Pacasmayo 90 km · Lobitos 470 km · Cabo Blanco 487 km · Máncora 492 km · Miraflores (Lima) 506 km
How it is computed
Hourly Open-Meteo Marine forecast (wave height, peak period and direction, swell) at a point just off Huanchaco, and the Open-Meteo wind at 10 m. Size: flat under 0.3 m, small under 0.8 m, fun under 1.5 m, good under 2.5 m (with a period of 8 s or more), big above. Wind: under 8 km/h light; otherwise offshore, cross-shore or onshore from its angle to the direction the beach faces. The best window is the 3 daylight hours with the best mix of size, period and wind. Rebuilt every 3 hours. Live map.