Makaha surf break

Makaha surfForecast / Lima / Peru

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 09 Sep 2025 -05
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Makaha surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Makaha sea temperature is
15.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Makaha today?

The current surf forecast for Makaha at 5AM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Afternoon (09 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Evening (09 Sep)4ft (1.2m)15s

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

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Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)181817161616161615151414141414141414141616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)11759639088498459039408128557046856796726586506436375855958028229251012983
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
5
S
5
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
ononcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:28AM
0.93
6:58PM
0.79
7:02AM
0.87
7:48PM
0.83
7:39AM
0.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:05AM
0.14
12:53PM
0.12
12:53AM
0.18
1:26PM
0.10
1:45AM
0.25
2:02PM
0.09
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Sunrise---6:05-------6:05-------6:05----
Sunset------6:04-------6:04-------6:04-
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151515151617171615151515161717161515151516171716
Feels °C (?)141515151516161614131314151516151414151515161615
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Lima

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Makaha (light winds from the W at Lima Jorge Chávez International Airport 14 km from Makaha). 1.7m 8s swell from the S with a 0.9m 17s long period groundswell from the SW and a 0.6m 13s groundswell, also from the SW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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W
Clean
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