El Silencio surf break

El Silencio surfForecast / Lima / Peru

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 -05
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El Silencio surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Silencio sea temperature is
15.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at El Silencio today?

The current surf forecast for El Silencio at 2AM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
3
3
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121212111111111111111111121312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)604464442435428421414361349331288288242246250255255255314411361440389403
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
5
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
5
S
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:54AM
0.92
4:01PM
0.57
4:34AM
0.93
4:43PM
0.63
5:07AM
0.92
5:21PM
0.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37AM
0.23
9:44PM
0.15
11:07AM
0.20
10:28PM
0.15
11:33AM
0.18
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise---6:00-------5:58-------5:58----
Sunset------6:02-------6:02-------6:02-
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171716171919191717161617181918171616161619181816
Feels °C (?)171816181918191717161618171817171515161618171715
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Lima

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at El Silencio (light winds from the SSE at Lima Jorge Chávez International Airport 45 km from El Silencio). 1.2m 13s groundswell from the SW with a 0.6m 8s swell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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45 km away, 1 h 12 min ago

15 km/h
SSE
0.0
15.9
Air / Water (°C)
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