Arica Surf Forecast

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Peru (129 surf breaks)

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Arica surfForecast / Lima / Peru

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 16 Sep 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 15.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Arica today?

The current surf forecast for Arica at 6AM is: 2.2m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-05) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	15s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	14s
Evening (16 Sep)	6ft (1.8m)	14s

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

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		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	4	3	1	2	3	3	3	4	3	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2175	2146	2117	1983	1810	1690	1533	1303	1285	1176	1005	975	956	856	844	788	527	522	499	487	480	425	415	376
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSE	S	SSE	S	S	SW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							1:57PM 0.46				3:06AM 0.89				3:09PM 0.51				3:54AM 0.92					4:01PM 0.57
Low Tide / height (m)					9:18AM 0.31				7:47PM 0.19					10:02AM 0.26			8:52PM 0.16					10:37AM 0.23

		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Lima

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Arica (light winds from the at Lima Jorge Chávez International Airport 42 km from Arica). A 2.2m groundswell from the SW
1 hour 48 minutes ago Arica

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42 km away, 1 h 48 min ago

7 km/h

0.0

15.8

Air / Water (°C)

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