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Pacasmayo, Peru

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

About Pacasmayo

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

The spot faces W (283°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (103°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–14 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 2.0 km out (1 in 196). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 16°C in October, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 21°C in February, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually March, April and May, with about 2 good days in 7; in January and December, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Pacasmayo, 0.7 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

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 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. 1 h 35 from the airport to Pacasmayo.

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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 experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct214 ft11 ssoft334kJ28°C
Mon 19Oct194 ft9 ssoft236kJ29°C
Tue 20Oct214 ft10 ssoft270kJ29°C
Wed 21Oct204 ft11 ssoft366kJ29°C
Thu 22Oct255 ft11 ssoft520kJ28°C
Fri 23Oct215 ft11 ssoft440kJ29°C
Sat 24Oct134 ft9 ssoft200kJ28°C
Sun 25Oct164 ft6 smushy97kJ28°C
Mon 26Oct123 ft6 smushy84kJ29°C
Tue 27Oct112 ft8 smushy60kJ29°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 expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to CIX, changing at PTY, then 1h 35 by road. About 16h 25 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 30 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 5 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to CIX, changing at PTY, then 1h 35 by road. About 16h 25 door to door

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near Pacasmayo each day: El Faro - Pacasmayo, Pacasmayo.

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Rough cost

About £785–£1,495 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
Hire car6 days, shared£60–£100
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£785–£1,495

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

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

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