San Pedro, Peru

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Punta Hermosa, 9 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), 38 km.

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About San Pedro

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

The spot faces SW (222°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (42°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 22). 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, 9 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), 38 km. Within 5 km we also list 3 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 25 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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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at San Pedro, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	42, fair	5 ft11 shollow	636kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 1 knot, offshore	25°C
Mon 19Oct	46, fair	5 ft12 shollow	653kJ	wind from the south-west, 4 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	33, too small	5 ft10 scrumbling	479kJ	wind from the south-east, 3 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	49, good	7 ft12 smushy	1,242kJ	wind from the south, 8 knots	26°C
Thu 22Oct	57, good	8 ft11 scrumbling	1,216kJ	wind from the south-east, 2 knots	25°C
Fri 23Oct	37, fair	6 ft11 smushy	695kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 7 knots	24°C
Sat 24Oct	35, too small	5 ft6 smushy	184kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 1 knot	25°C
Sun 25Oct	42, fair	6 ft6 smushy	256kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 3 knots	25°C
Mon 26Oct	26, too small	4 ft6 smushy	127kJ	wind from the east, 1 knot	25°C
Tue 27Oct	15, too small	3 ft6 smushy	70kJ	wind from the east, 1 knot	26°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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly MDW to LIM, changing at ATL, then 1h by road. About 16h 25 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf San Pedro
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 5 ft at 10 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf San Pedro
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 7 ft at 12 s, wind 8 kn (14 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf San Pedro
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 8 ft at 11 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Surf San Pedro
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 6 ft at 11 s, wind 7 kn (12 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Surf San Pedro
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 5 ft at 6 s, wind 1 kn (3 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly MDW to LIM, changing at ATL, then 1h by road. About 16h 25 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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