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 Monday 01 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 16.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Arica today?

The current surf forecast for Arica at 7AM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-05) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	14s
Afternoon (01 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	14s
Evening (01 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	13s

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

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		Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	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	4	4	3	2	1	1	2	3	2	3	3	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	1	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	12	16	16	17	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1089	1035	1008	934	943	844	869	1310	1065	1024	1247	595	602	1885	1151	2056	1898	1526	1605	1820	1882	1186	1162	1299
Wind (km/h)	S	SSW	SSW	W	WSW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	S	S	SE	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	SSE	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			1:50AM 0.67								2:57AM 0.71				1:24PM 0.41				3:38AM 0.76				2:39PM 0.43
Low Tide / height (m)								6:37PM 0.28						10:36AM 0.39			7:51PM 0.25					10:45AM 0.36

		Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	15	15	17	18	17	16	15	15	15	16	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	16
Feels °C (?)	14	17	15	15	16	17	16	15	14	14	15	16	16	17	16	16	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Lima

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Arica (light winds from the WNW at Lima Jorge Chávez International Airport 42 km from Arica). 1.5m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 1.1m 8s swell from the S and a 0.5m 9s swell from the SSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 35 minutes ago Arica

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42 km away, 2 h 35 min ago

9 km/h

WNW

0.0

16.1

Air / Water (°C)

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