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Caleta Santa Rosa, Peru

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Pimentel, the nearest town, 6 km away. Photo: Jan Pešula (Sapfan), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

About Caleta Santa Rosa

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SW (229°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (49°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 2.2 km out (1 in 222). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 17°C in July, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 22°C in February, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually February and March, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Pimentel, 5.9 km away (about 10 min by car).

Water about 17°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 15 h 25 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to CIX, changing at PTY.

    See flights ORD → CIX · Skyscanner from about £350 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 35 min from the airport to Caleta Santa Rosa.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct494 ft12 ssoft377kJ27°C
Mon 19Oct473 ft11 ssoft276kJ28°C
Tue 20Oct424 ft11 smushy297kJ28°C
Wed 21Oct403 ft13 smushy323kJ28°C
Thu 22Oct294 ft11 smushy425kJ28°C
Fri 23Oct283 ft10 smushy209kJ28°C
Sat 24Oct203 ft7 smushy93kJ28°C
Sun 25Oct324 ft6 smushy92kJ28°C
Mon 26Oct323 ft6 smushy82kJ28°C
Tue 27Oct243 ft6 smushy59kJ28°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to CIX, changing at PTY, then 35 min by road. About 15h 25 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Pimentel

    Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 4 ft at 11 s, wind 8 kn (15 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Pimentel

    Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 3 ft at 13 s, wind 8 kn (14 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Pimentel

    Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 4 ft at 11 s, wind 12 kn (22 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Pimentel

    Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 3 ft at 11 s, wind 12 kn (22 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Pimentel

    Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 3 ft at 9 s, wind 12 kn (21 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to CIX, changing at PTY, then 35 min by road. About 15h 25 door to door

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near Pimentel each day: Caleta Santa Rosa, Pimentel.

The trip from Pimentel, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £750–£1,435 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to CIX, estimated from distance and season, changing at PTY, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£350–£730
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£25–£40
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£145–£245
Food7 days eating out£135–£255
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£60–£100
Total£750–£1,435

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

Places to eat near Pimentel

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

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