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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 08 Jan 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
21.8° C
(Which is 1.9°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 12AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
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
0.4
SW
0.5
S
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)13131313121212121212121211111111111111111010910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28224223927721420720317216916916913412311996757575737269374035
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
E
5
SE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
10
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:06AM
0.97
1:13PM
0.74
12:51AM
0.84
2:12PM
0.77
1:41AM
0.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:46PM
0.23
6:56AM
0.07
6:50PM
0.31
7:37AM
0.11
8:06PM
0.36
8:19AM
0.15
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-----5:15-------5:15-------5:16--
Sunset6:23-------6:23-------6:23-------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232221212021232323222121212123242322212121212323
Feels °C (?)232222232223242324242323242324242323222323232423
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