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Makaha surf break

Makaha surfForecast / Lima / Peru

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 -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
20.7° C
 (Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Makaha today?

The current surf forecast for Makaha at 1PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Evening (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
2
2
1
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)161615151414131313131212121212121211111111161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)248314287339647621553545536520518485359477477405399366275275274390458991
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
5
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
15
S
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:25AM
0.49
6:02PM
0.89
5:03AM
0.50
6:33PM
0.92
5:40AM
0.51
7:03PM
0.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:40AM
0.09
12:38AM
0.34
11:14AM
0.07
1:10AM
0.33
11:47AM
0.07
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise-5:54-------5:56-------5:56------
Sunset----6:39-------6:39-------6:39---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222122232322222222222223232222222222232424232323
Feels °C (?)242324252423232324242324242323242424242525242324
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