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Arica surfForecast / Lima / Peru

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 19 Nov 2025 -05
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Arica surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Arica sea temperature is
17.0° C
 (Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Arica today?

The current surf forecast for Arica at 5PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Nov)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (19 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (19 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

Table - waves today at Arica. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.6
SW
0.8
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.9
S
0.5
SW
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)99999912912111616101710151515151414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)125101101108104108106103908585124148137122302398382372437413373406400
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
S
5
S
10
S
5
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:51PM
0.88
5:05AM
0.56
6:24PM
0.88
5:35AM
0.52
7:01PM
0.87
6:03AM
0.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:50AM
0.10
12:15AM
0.32
11:16AM
0.10
12:57AM
0.33
11:44AM
0.11
1:42AM
0.34
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise-------5:31-------5:31-------5:31
Sunset--6:14-------6:14-------6:15-----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212120191818181820212119181818182021201918181819
Feels °C (?)212120191919191920212120191919192020191918191919
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