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El Cabezo surfForecast / Lima / Peru

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 23 Jan 2026 -05
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El Cabezo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Cabezo sea temperature is
20.1° C
 (Which is 2.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Cabezo today?

The current surf forecast for El Cabezo at 12AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (24 Jan)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (24 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
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)
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131316151514141413131313131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)331326321321251353331314597672653509501501451520512376410365359353299247
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSE
10
WNW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:51PM
0.87
9:34AM
0.61
9:24PM
0.81
10:45AM
0.64
10:04PM
0.73
12:06PM
0.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:02PM
0.26
3:39AM
0.25
2:51PM
0.34
4:18AM
0.23
3:57PM
0.42
5:05AM
0.20
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise-----6:00-------6:00-------6:01--
Sunset6:40-------6:40-------6:40-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232323222222222222222222222222222222222222222122
Feels °C (?)252524232223232424232223232323232322212122242325
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