Huanchaco Beach — Huanchaco. Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Huanchaco

Huanchaco is a town in La Libertad Department, Peru. From Huanchaco you can reach 1 surf spot. The nearest is Huanchaco, a surf spot 0.5 km from the centre. Overture lists 81 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is TRU, 1 km away.

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Staying in Huanchaco

81 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: TRU, 1 km, CJA, 126 km, CHM, 136 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Huanchaco.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

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Huanchaco0.5 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

5 ft604 kJ

5 ft469 kJ

4 ft331 kJ

5 ft728 kJ

6 ft968 kJ

6 ft542 kJ

4 ft374 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Huanchaco, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	37, fair	5 ft12 scrumbling	604kJ	wind from the south-east, 9 knots	25°C
Mon 19Oct	47, fair	5 ft11 scrumbling	469kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 4 knots	25°C
Tue 20Oct	43, fair	4 ft10 scrumbling	331kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 10 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	34, poor	5 ft12 scrumbling	728kJ	wind from the south-east, 10 knots	25°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	6 ft11 scrumbling	968kJ	wind from the south-east, 11 knots	25°C
Fri 23Oct	6, poor	6 ft10 smushy	542kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 12 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	32, poor	4 ft10 scrumbling	374kJ	wind from the south-east, 13 knots	25°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Huanchaco, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Places to eat near Huanchaco

El KERO - HuanchacoPeruvian · 0.2 km from the centre
El Sombrero Hotel Restaurant TuristicoSeafood · 0.2 km from the centre
Cordillera Blanca RestaurantItalian · 0.3 km from the centre
El AnzueloSeafood · 0.5 km from the centre
Los Herrajes HuanchacoSeafood · 0.5 km from the centre
Big Ben HuanchacoSeafood · 0.6 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Huanchaco, Peru