Peñascal surf break

Peñascal surfForecast / Lima / Peru

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 -05
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Peñascal surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Peñascal sea temperature is
16.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Peñascal today?

The current surf forecast for Peñascal at 9AM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (21 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (21 Aug)4ft (1.2m)16s

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

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Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sun
24
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
2
1
2
1
2
3
4
3
1
1
2
4
4
4
5
4
4
5
7
9
9
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.3
SW
1.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
2
S
2.2
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
3
S
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1313131212121616161515151588889181818171717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)162215991719160914911547141115841169122912161062106210881259161829453617476655186338833296649999
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
10
SW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
5
SSW
5
NNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
S
10
S
0
SE
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononononononglasscross-
on
onononglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:56AM
0.97
4:38PM
0.56
5:36AM
0.99
5:24PM
0.60
6:11AM
0.98
6:07PM
0.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:34AM
0.25
10:33PM
0.06
12:09PM
0.23
11:16PM
0.07
12:40PM
0.21
11:57PM
0.10
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sun
24
Sunrise-6:16-------6:16-------6:16------
Sunset----6:02-------6:02-------6:02---
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clear
clear
clear
clear
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151618181716161515151718171616161615171918161616
Feels °C (?)151616171515141414151616151517171716171817151717
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Lima

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Peñascal (calm at La Molina wx 38 km from Peñascal). 1.9m 12s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.8m 18s long period groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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16.8
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