Yacila, Peru

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Talara, is 62 km away. Nearest airport: TYL (TYL), 63 km.

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About Yacila

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

The spot faces NW (295°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (115°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 3–12 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 10). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 18°C in July, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 24°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February and December, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Talara, is 62 km away. Nearest airport: TYL (TYL), 63 km.

Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 19 h 15 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. 4 h 25 from the airport to Yacila.
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No town nearby
No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Talara, is 62 km away. Nearest airport: TYL (TYL), 63 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 Yacila, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	34, too small	6 ft12 shollow	763kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 7 knots, offshore	29°C
Mon 19Oct	28, too small	5 ft11 shollow	566kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 5 knots, offshore	29°C
Tue 20Oct	28, too small	5 ft11 shollow	500kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 10 knots, offshore	30°C
Wed 21Oct	41, fair	6 ft12 shollow	871kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 9 knots, offshore	28°C
Thu 22Oct	39, fair	6 ft12 shollow	1,003kJ	wind from the south-east, 12 knots, offshore	29°C
Fri 23Oct	33, poor	6 ft11 shollow	806kJ	wind from the south-east, 13 knots, offshore	29°C
Sat 24Oct	26, too small	6 ft8 shollow	405kJ	wind from the south-east, 10 knots, offshore	29°C
Sun 25Oct	14, too small	4 ft6 shollow	118kJ	wind from the south-east, 11 knots, offshore	29°C
Mon 26Oct	16, too small	4 ft6 shollow	100kJ	wind from the south-east, 10 knots, offshore	30°C
Tue 27Oct	15, too small	3 ft6 shollow	88kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 6 knots, offshore	28°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 ORD to CIX, changing at PTY, then 4h 25 by road. About 19h 15 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Yacila
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 5 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Yacila
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 6 ft at 12 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Yacila
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 6 ft at 12 s, offshore wind.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Yacila
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 6 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Yacila
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 6 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to CIX, changing at PTY, then 4h 25 by road. About 19h 15 door to door

Rough cost

About £640–£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
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
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		£640–£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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