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Chicama - Malpaso

Puerto Malabrigo, La Libertad, Peru

🪨Rocks⚠️Shallow

Malpaso is Chicama's barrel section - where the wave hits a shallower reef and throws perfect tubes at low tide. The name means 'bad pass' in Spanish, referring to the challenging shallow section that rewards those who commit.

3-Day Forecast

Today

Poor

1.7mS

@15s

20km/h

1.7m

@15s

20km/h

Choppy

Thu

Poor

1.4mS

@14s

22km/h

1.4m

@14s

22km/h

Choppy

Fri

Poor

1.1mS

@17s

23km/h

1.1m

@17s

23km/h

Choppy

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Today's Conditions

Swell

1.7m

S(184°)

Score: 5/25

Period

15s

Long period groundswell

Score: 23/25

Wind

20km/h

S(170°)

Score: 2/25

Weather

22°C

0.0mm5%

Windswell Component

0.3mSSE@2s

Secondary Swell

0.1mW

Forecast Confidence

100%

Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather

Best Session

morning

AM: 14 km/h SE|PM: 21 km/h SSW

14 km/h vs 21 km/h afternoon

Low tide at 8am (-0.1m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

2:51 am

High tide - 0.64m

8:45 am

Low tide - -0.15m

2:48 pm

High tide - 0.76m

9:08 pm

Low tide - -0.31m

Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

Poor

Components

Swell Direction14/25

Swell Size5/25

Swell Period23/25

Wind2/25

Raw Score44/100

Adjustments

🤢 Wind History-21

⚠️ Weak Component-5

🚫 Undersized Capmax 64

Adjusted Score18/100

Confidence

Multiplier×1.00

Final Score18

🤢 Morning Sickness

Location & Conditions

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Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction: SSW (202°)
Direction range: 180° - 225°
Size range: 1.8m - 3m
Ideal size: 2.6m
Height multiplier: 0.97×
Ideal period: 16s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction: SE (135°)
Offshore range: 110° - 160°

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide: low
Optimal range: 0.2m - 1.2m

Water temp

17°C

Wetsuit

3/2mm fullsuit

Difficulty

7/10

Crowd level

3/10

Access: Third section of Chicama.

Best Season

Peak: Apr-Oct

Secondary: Mar, Nov

Best at low tide. Barrel section.

Getting There

Airport

TRU

Drive time

90 min

Data quality

verified

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