Punta La Farola, Peru

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Pimentel, 15 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CIX (CIX), 18 km.

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About Punta La Farola

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 gently: 10 m deep about 550 m out (1 in 53). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 17°C in August, 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 4 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Pimentel, 15 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CIX (CIX), 18 km.

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 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to CIX, changing at PTY.
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Getting there. 40 min from the airport to Punta La Farola.
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No stay checked for this site yet: Pimentel, 15 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: CIX (CIX), 18 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Punta La Farola, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	17, too small	3 ft11 ssoft	252kJ	wind from the south-east, 5 knots	24°C
Tue 20Oct	15, too small	4 ft10 smushy	293kJ	wind from the south, 10 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	12, too small	3 ft13 smushy	271kJ	wind from the south, 9 knots	25°C
Thu 22Oct	11, too small	4 ft11 smushy	432kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 14 knots	25°C
Fri 23Oct	8, too small	4 ft10 smushy	275kJ	wind from the south, 15 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	5, too small	4 ft6 smushy	85kJ	wind from the south, 15 knots	25°C
Sun 25Oct	10, too small	4 ft6 smushy	118kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 11 knots	25°C
Mon 26Oct	13, too small	4 ft7 smushy	134kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 8 knots	25°C
Tue 27Oct	8, too small	3 ft6 smushy	58kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 7 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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Tue 20 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to CIX, changing at PTY, then 40 min by road. About 15h 30 door to door
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Mon 26 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to CIX, changing at PTY, then 40 min by road. About 15h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £610–£1,205 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 ORD to CIX, estimated from distance and season, changing at PTY, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£350–£730
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£30–£55
Food	7 days eating out	£135–£255
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£60–£100
Total		£610–£1,205

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

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