Boca del Rio surfForecast / Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna / Peru

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 -05
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Boca del Rio surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Boca del Rio sea temperature is
20.2° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Boca del Rio today?

The current surf forecast for Boca del Rio at 10AM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (21 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (21 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

Table - waves today at Boca del Rio. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)141313131313131313121212121212121212111111111116
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)141113491151113411171117958848749668657636616616605605500518483435419419469419
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
SSE
10
S
20
S
15
S
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:59AM
1.14
11:30PM
0.55
12:02PM
1.09
12:49AM
0.51
1:12PM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:03AM
0.07
6:04PM
0.10
4:57AM
0.13
7:19PM
0.11
6:04AM
0.19
8:35PM
0.11
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-5:52-------5:52-------5:54------
Sunset----5:29-------5:28-------5:27---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191921222120202020202122212019191919212221201919
Feels °C (?)202021212121212121212222202120202020212221212120
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