La Herradura surf break

La Herradura surfForecast / Lima / Peru

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 28 Aug 2025 -05
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La Herradura surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's La Herradura sea temperature is
15.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at La Herradura today?

The current surf forecast for La Herradura at 3AM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 21s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (28 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)19s
Evening (28 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)18s

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

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Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
3
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)141414131320191918181817161616161616161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)8628928688498236527978851133143815681671154115971811178616011472154315711601147614281464
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:51PM
0.69
8:27AM
0.67
9:41PM
0.67
8:48AM
0.59
10:42PM
0.65
9:03AM
0.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:35AM
0.35
2:56PM
0.23
3:27AM
0.42
3:25PM
0.25
4:49AM
0.47
4:01PM
0.27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunrise---6:13-------6:13-------6:13----
Sunset------6:04-------6:04-------6:04-
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151515151617161515141514161616151514151415161615
Feels °C (?)131413131515141313121312141313121212131213131313
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Lima

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at La Herradura (light winds from the S at Lima Jorge Chávez International Airport 20 km from La Herradura). 1.4m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 15s groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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0.0
15.8
Air / Water (°C)
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