La Caleta, Peru

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Punta Hermosa, 10 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), 37 km.

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About La Caleta

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, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 9). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 16°C in August, 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 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Punta Hermosa, 10 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), 37 km. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

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 16 h 20 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
No stay checked for this site yet: Punta Hermosa, 10 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), 37 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at La Caleta, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	57, good	5 ft11 shollow	515kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 4 knots	25°C
Mon 19Oct	53, good	5 ft12 shollow	604kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 1 knot, offshore	26°C
Tue 20Oct	44, fair	5 ft10 shollow	479kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 2 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	0, too big	6 ft12 shollow	964kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 5 knots	26°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	8 ft11 shollow	1,195kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 4 knots	24°C
Fri 23Oct	31, poor	5 ft11 shollow	540kJ	wind from the south, 7 knots	24°C
Sat 24Oct	42, fair	5 ft6 shollow	179kJ	wind from the west, 2 knots	23°C
Sun 25Oct	31, poor	6 ft6 shollow	234kJ	wind from the south-west, 4 knots	24°C
Mon 26Oct	53, good	4 ft6 shollow	114kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 3 knots	25°C
Tue 27Oct	41, fair	3 ft6 shollow	67kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 2 knots	25°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 1h by road. About 16h 20 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf La Caleta
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 5 ft at 10 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).
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
Surf La Caleta
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 5 ft at 11 s, wind 7 kn (12 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Surf La Caleta
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 5 ft at 6 s, wind 2 kn (3 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly MDW to LIM, changing at ATL, then 1h by road. About 16h 20 door to door

Rough cost

About £670–£1,310 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
Hire car	6 days, shared	£60–£100
Food	7 days eating out	£135–£255
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£60–£100
Total		£670–£1,310

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

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