Pico Alto surfForecast / Lima / Peru

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 21 Feb 2026 -05
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Pico Alto surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pico Alto sea temperature is
21.6° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Pico Alto today?

The current surf forecast for Pico Alto at 7PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (21 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (21 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111111110101010101414141413131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)302302251226222222180180180176161155184184180180233293384347331454384398
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSE
5
S
5
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
S
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:30AM
0.72
8:22PM
0.78
9:26AM
0.73
8:58PM
0.70
10:33AM
0.74
9:41PM
0.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:15PM
0.28
2:53AM
0.16
3:12PM
0.36
3:32AM
0.17
4:31PM
0.42
4:24AM
0.18
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise-------6:07-------6:07-------6:07
Sunset--6:32-------6:32-------6:31-----
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clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252625242423232325252524242323232425252424242323
Feels °C (?)282826262626262627262726272626262626272726272525
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