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Chala, Peru

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About Chala

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

The spot faces SW (236°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (56°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–10 ft of swell. The sea is about 15°C in August, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 21°C in February, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually February, with about 3 good days in 7; in August, September and October, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Chala, 0.7 km away (about 5 min by car).

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

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct654 ft11 s448kJ20°C
Mon 19Oct555 ft12 s555kJ20°C
Tue 20Oct644 ft15 s740kJ21°C
Wed 21Oct06 ft12 s1,045kJ20°C
Thu 22Oct07 ft11 s1,191kJ20°C
Fri 23Oct206 ft10 s601kJ21°C
Sat 24Oct555 ft10 s373kJ20°C
Sun 25Oct415 ft6 s141kJ20°C
Mon 26Oct534 ft7 s140kJ20°C
Tue 27Oct523 ft13 s328kJ20°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. 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

    No way there we can work out.

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Chala

    Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 4 ft at 15 s, wind 9 kn (16 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Chala

    Best 13:00 to 16:00 local time: 6 ft at 10 s, wind 12 kn (22 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Chala

    Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 5 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    No way there we can work out.

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