Cascadas, Peru

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Callao, 16 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), 16 km.

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About Cascadas

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

The spot faces SW (243°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (63°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 600 m out (1 in 61). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 16°C in September, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 22°C in February, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually February, with about 5 good days in 7; in July, August and September, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Callao, 16 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), 16 km. Within 5 km we also list 12 surf spots.

Water about 16°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 16 h door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), changing at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL).
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No town nearby
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Forecast

Cascadas does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Cascadas, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	52, good	5 ft11 ssoft	636kJ	wind from the west, 3 knots	23°C
Mon 19Oct	51, good	5 ft12 ssoft	609kJ	wind from the east, 4 knots, offshore	23°C
Tue 20Oct	44, fair	5 ft10 ssoft	492kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 5 knots, offshore	23°C
Wed 21Oct	0, too big	6 ft12 ssoft	1,006kJ	wind from the south-east, 7 knots	23°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	8 ft11 ssoft	1,299kJ	wind from the south-east, 6 knots	23°C
Fri 23Oct	25, poor	6 ft11 smushy	643kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 10 knots	23°C
Sat 24Oct	29, poor	5 ft6 smushy	141kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 6 knots	23°C
Sun 25Oct	23, poor	6 ft7 smushy	239kJ	wind from the south, 7 knots	23°C
Mon 26Oct	48, good	4 ft6 smushy	121kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 5 knots	23°C
Tue 27Oct	41, fair	3 ft7 smushy	112kJ	wind from the south-east, 5 knots	23°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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly MDW to LIM, changing at ATL, then 35 min by road. About 16h door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Cascadas
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 5 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 34 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Cascadas
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 5 ft at 6 s, wind 6 kn (12 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly MDW to LIM, changing at ATL, then 35 min by road. About 16h door to door

Rough cost

About £640–£1,255 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return MDW to LIM, estimated from distance and season, changing at ATL, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£380–£790
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£30–£45
Food	7 days eating out	£135–£255
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£60–£100
Total		£640–£1,255

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

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