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Punta Roquitas, Peru

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Callao, 13 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), 14 km.

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About Punta Roquitas

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 very gently: 10 m deep about 1.3 km out (1 in 133). 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 months are usually January, February and March, with about 6 good days in 7; in September, about 2. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Callao, 13 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), 14 km. Within 5 km we also list 10 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.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), changing at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL).

    See flights MDW → LIM · Skyscanner from about £380 returnAd
  2. Getting there. 35 min from the airport to Punta Roquitas.

  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this site yet: Callao, 13 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), 14 km.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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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 Punta Roquitas, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct52, good5 ft11 ssoft636kJwind from the west, 3 knots23°C
Mon 19Oct52, good5 ft12 ssoft609kJwind from the east, 4 knots, offshore23°C
Tue 20Oct45, fair5 ft10 ssoft492kJwind from the east, 5 knots23°C
Wed 21Oct0, too big6 ft12 ssoft1,006kJwind from the south-east, 9 knots23°C
Thu 22Oct0, too big8 ft11 ssoft1,299kJwind from the south-east, 7 knots23°C
Fri 23Oct24, poor5 ft11 smushy593kJwind from the south-south-east, 10 knots23°C
Sat 24Oct27, poor5 ft6 smushy141kJwind from the south-south-east, 7 knots23°C
Sun 25Oct31, poor6 ft7 smushy239kJwind from the south-south-west, 4 knots22°C
Mon 26Oct50, good4 ft6 smushy121kJwind from the south-east, 5 knots23°C
Tue 27Oct41, fair3 ft7 smushy112kJwind from the east-south-east, 4 knots23°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

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly MDW to LIM, changing at ATL, then 35 min by road. About 16h door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Punta Roquitas

    Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 5 ft at 10 s, wind 5 kn (10 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
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 33 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Punta Roquitas

    Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 5 ft at 6 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).

  7. 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 £635–£1,250 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
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to LIM, estimated from distance and season, changing at ATL, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£380–£790
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£25–£40
Food7 days eating out£135–£255
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£60–£100
Total£635–£1,250

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

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