Repeated conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) sections were made across the continental
margin off Peru at 5°S and 10°S between November 1981 and May 1984, i.e., before, during, and after El
Nino of 1982-1983. Coastal sea level at Paita (5°S) and Callao (12°S) began to rise in early October 1982...