Pacasmayo pier from foreshoreway — Pacasmayo, the nearest town. Photo: Guillermo Arévalo Aucahuasi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Pacasmayo

Pacasmayo is a town in La Libertad Department, Peru. From Pacasmayo you can reach 3 surf spots. The nearest is Pacasmayo, a surf spot 0.7 km from the centre. Overture lists 33 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is CIX, 74 km away.

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Staying in Pacasmayo

33 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: CIX, 74 km, TRU, 91 km, CJA, 123 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 Pacasmayo.

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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. The best of the spots that stay in Pacasmayo each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Pacasmayo too.

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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El Faro - Pacasmayo2.6 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

4 ft321 kJ

4 ft364 kJ

4 ft484 kJ

5 ft647 kJ

5 ft428 kJ

4 ft90 kJ

5 ft153 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at El Faro - Pacasmayo, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	42, fair	4 ft10 ssoft	321kJ	wind from the south-east, 5 knots	24°C
Tue 20Oct	37, fair	4 ft11 ssoft	364kJ	wind from the south-east, 10 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	34, poor	4 ft12 ssoft	484kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 11 knots	25°C
Thu 22Oct	25, poor	5 ft12 ssoft	647kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 14 knots	24°C
Fri 23Oct	27, poor	5 ft11 ssoft	428kJ	wind from the south, 16 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	29, poor	4 ft6 smushy	90kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 14 knots	24°C
Sun 25Oct	29, poor	5 ft6 smushy	153kJ	wind from the south-east, 9 knots	24°C

Pacasmayo0.7 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

4 ft247 kJ

4 ft293 kJ

4 ft360 kJ

5 ft500 kJ

5 ft416 kJ

4 ft99 kJ

4 ft116 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Pacasmayo, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	44, fair	4 ft9 ssoft	247kJ	wind from the south-east, 4 knots, offshore	29°C
Tue 20Oct	48, good	4 ft10 ssoft	293kJ	wind from the south-east, 9 knots, offshore	29°C
Wed 21Oct	45, fair	4 ft11 ssoft	360kJ	wind from the south, 9 knots	29°C
Thu 22Oct	36, fair	5 ft11 ssoft	500kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 11 knots	28°C
Fri 23Oct	40, fair	5 ft11 ssoft	416kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 12 knots	29°C
Sat 24Oct	27, poor	4 ft6 smushy	99kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 11 knots	28°C
Sun 25Oct	43, fair	4 ft6 smushy	116kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 8 knots, offshore	28°C

Puemape13.3 kmabout 25 min by carStays in PuémapeIntermediate and up

4 ft366 kJ

4 ft375 kJ

5 ft582 kJ

5 ft733 kJ

5 ft562 kJ

4 ft141 kJ

4 ft139 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Puemape, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	43, fair	4 ft10 ssoft	366kJ	wind from the south-east, 4 knots	28°C
Tue 20Oct	35, poor	4 ft11 scrumbling	375kJ	wind from the south-east, 10 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	29, poor	5 ft12 scrumbling	582kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 10 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	22, poor	5 ft12 ssoft	733kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 12 knots	27°C
Fri 23Oct	21, poor	5 ft11 ssoft	562kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 13 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	23, poor	4 ft7 smushy	141kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 13 knots	28°C
Sun 25Oct	27, poor	4 ft6 smushy	139kJ	wind from the south-east, 9 knots	27°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Pacasmayo, 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 Pacasmayo

Chifa Jin ZunChinese · 0.3 km from the centre
Restaurante PastimarSeafood · 0.6 km from the centre
Restobar ChanducoBar and grill · 0.1 km from the centre
Best ChickenChicken · 0.2 km from the centre
Parrilladas La LeySteakhouse · 0.2 km from the centre
Restaurant TabarisBarbecue · 0.2 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

Pacasmayo, Peru