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Arica surfForecast / Lima / Peru

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 -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
20.2° C
 (Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Arica today?

The current surf forecast for Arica at 10PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212121212121111111111111111111014
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23523923923922817817214117214113913911210497757575757557575436
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
10
SE
5
S
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
S
0
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:09PM
0.86
11:13AM
0.57
10:49PM
0.76
12:33PM
0.61
11:29PM
0.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:16PM
0.27
5:13AM
0.23
4:20PM
0.37
5:58AM
0.23
5:46PM
0.45
6:43AM
0.22
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-----5:50-------5:50-------5:50--
Sunset6:37-------6:37-------6:37-------
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light rain
rain showers
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cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
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Rain (mm)
---11-------1-----------
Temp. °C232222212121222323222221212123232322222221212323
Feels °C (?)232424232323232424242424232324242424242323232423
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