Arica Surf Forecast

/ Lima (59 surf breaks) /

Peru (129 surf breaks)

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Arica surfForecast / Lima / Peru

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 21 Oct 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 16.2° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Arica today?

The current surf forecast for Arica at 1AM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-05) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s
Afternoon (22 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	15s
Evening (22 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	15s

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

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	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	14	12	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	157	116	106	171	171	169	103	305	309	309	272	279	372	337	318	313	373	373	357	335	335	341	346	341
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SW	SW	SSW	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	SSW	SW	S	SSE	SSE	SSW	SSE	S	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:08PM 0.85				5:42AM 0.66				6:40PM 0.86				6:08AM 0.60					7:14PM 0.85			6:32AM 0.54
Low Tide / height (m)				12:17AM 0.28				11:53AM 0.12				12:57AM 0.30				12:16PM 0.13					1:39AM 0.33			12:40PM 0.15

	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-
Sunset	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	17	16	17	17	20	20	19	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	17	17	16	16	17	19	20
Feels °C (?)	19	18	17	16	17	17	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	19	19	18	16	17	16	16	17	18	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Lima

Wind Update Cross-on wind has become light (light winds from the S at Lima Jorge Chávez International Airport 42 km from Arica). 0.7m 10s swell from the SSW with a 0.6m 6s windswell from the S and a 0.5m 15s groundswell from the SW as well as a 0.3m 17s long period groundswell from the WNW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 45 minutes ago Arica
Wind Update Recent cross-shore wind 55 km from San Bartolo - Izquierditas has fallen light (light winds from the S at Lima Jorge Chávez International Airport). Waves should be turning clean at San Bartolo - Izquierditas. 0.7m 10s swell from the SSW with a 0.6m 6s windswell from the S and a 0.5m 15s groundswell from the SW as well as a 0.3m 17s long period groundswell from the WNW. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 45 minutes ago San Bartolo - Izquierditas

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42 km away, 1 h 45 min ago

9 km/h

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16.2

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