Lobitos 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 4.45° S 81.29° W

Issued: 6 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Lobitos sea temperature is

26.5°C

Lobitos surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Lobitos today (06 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 19s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 18s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 18s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Lobitos at 1PM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-05) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	19s
Afternoon (06 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	18s
Evening (06 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	18s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Tue morning, min 23°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Tuesday 6							Wednesday 7								Thursday 8
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 19	SW 19	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 17	SW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14
Wave Graph
kJ	69	133	130	166	201	199	252	249	241	224	260	314	310	361	302	406	326	370	305	301	297	346	346
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	S	SW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				12:31PM1.42m					1:16AM1.68m				1:34PM1.53m				2:03AM1.78m				2:25PM1.65m
Low Tide		6:39AM0.60m				6:45PM0.41m					7:38AM0.46m				7:43PM0.35m				8:24AM0.33m				8:31PM0.30m


	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	23	23	27	26	25	25	24	24	23	23	26	26	25	24	24	24	23	23	26	25	25	24	24
Feels °C	22	22	27	24	24	25	23	23	22	22	25	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	25	22	23	23	23
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 12	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 17	SW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14
kJ	65	87	86	101	201	199	252	249	241	224	260	314	310	361	302	406	326	370	305	301	297	346	346
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SSW 13	SW 19	SW 18	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 13	NW 13	NW 13	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	NW 11	SW 19	SW 20	SW 20	NW 10	NW 10
kJ	69	67	130	166	56	96	68	72	113	82	80	55	71	68	67	67	65	61	184	186	186	53	52
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 10	SW 19	SSW 13	SW 11	SW 11	NW 13	NW 13	NW 13	NW 13	SW 11	SSW 11	NW 10	SW 11	SW 11	SW 21	SW 21	SW 21	SW 20	NW 11	NW 11	NW 11	SW 19	SW 18
kJ	23	133	68	46	43	61	61	44	84	33	24	15	31	18	160	160	71	61	61	61	59	133	117
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 6	SSE 3	SW 5	SW 3	SW 4	SSW 4	SSW 3	SSW 3	SSW 3	SSW 5	SW 5	SW 11	SW 4	SW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	SW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SW 4
kJ	17	1	6	6	12	9	7	7	4	8	6	169	29	16	13	5	47	56	38	15	31	14	8
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Mancora Piura	El Hueco Piura	Colan Piura	La Herradura Lima	La Herradura Lima	Chancay Lima	Perdernales Manabi	La Puntilla Guayas	Mancora Piura	Baterias Piura	Bayobar - Punta Aguja Piura	El Cabezo Lima	El Cabezo Lima	Las Gramas Ancash	Punta Huanchaco La Libertad & Lambayeque	Peña Redonda Piura	Punta Ballenas Piura	Mancora Piura	Bayobar - Punta Aguja Piura	La Herradura Lima	La Herradura Lima	La Puntilla Guayas	El Miramar Guayas
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	4	4	2	2	1	3	4	2	4	3	4	4	1	2	4	3	4	4	1	3
Distance (km)	46	0	65	978	978	907	518	253	46	3	150	955	955	672	469	103	50	46	150	978	978	253	252
Best forecast wave conditions in Piura	Colan	Baterias	Colan						Bayobar - Punta Tur	Baterias	Bayobar - Punta Aguja					Zorritos	Colan	Mancora	Bayobar - Punta Aguja
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3						4	4	2					1	3	4	3
Best forecast wave conditions in Peru	Pico Alto Lima	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Herradura Lima	La Herradura Lima	La Herradura Lima	Pico Alto Lima	Pico Alto Lima	Pico Alto Lima	La Herradura Lima	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Herradura Lima	La Herradura Lima	La Herradura Lima	La Herradura Lima	Pico Alto Lima	Pico Alto Lima	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	La Herradura Lima	La Herradura Lima	La Herradura Lima	La Herradura Lima	Pico Alto Lima	Pico Alto Lima
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	9	9	9	6	6	9	9	8	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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