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Barranquito

Lima, Lima - Barranco · Beginner Epic
1.7m
8/10
12s 3 km/h
Barranquito - surf spot in Lima

About Barranquito

Barranquito is an urban spot on the Costa Verde, in the district of Barranco, that breaks next to a jetty and offers accessible lefts and some rights over a sand and stone bottom. Its great virtue is consistency and forgiveness: the waves tend to be steady all year and rarely get too big, which makes it a perfect place for beginners taking their first steps and for intermediates looking for relaxed sessions. Its central location, just minutes from the heart of Lima, makes it very accessible and popular among the local surfing community. Around it there are surf schools and all the bohemian, cultural atmosphere of Barranco. As a crowded wave, it is important to respect priority and order in the water. For those starting out in surfing or looking for friendly waves without leaving the city, Barranquito is one of the most recommendable spots on the Lima Costa Verde.

Characteristics

Level
Gentle waves, ideal for learning. Low risk.
· 📅 Year round ·
Surface
Type of seabed where the waves break.
·
Direction
Direction the wave breaks as seen from the water.

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-12.1450°, -77.0268° Lima

Barranquito — Lima

Current Conditions

Updated 19/10/2026 03:10

Epic
8/10

Waves

1.7m

12.4s period

Primary Swell

1.5m

12.0s SW

Wind

3 km/h

Gusts 13 km/h E

Secondary Swell

0.8m

5.0s S

Temp.

23.3°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

0.3 km

Fog

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 05:40
↓ 18:05
🌙
↑ 12:41
↓ 00:56
🌗 First Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 08:30 - 0.63m

Best Time to Surf Today

06:00 - 09:00

🌊 1.7m 💨 3 km/h
Epic 8.3/10 avg.

Today's Tides

High Tide

00:54

0.99m

Low Tide

08:30

0.63m

High Tide

13:30

0.68m

Low Tide

17:30

0.62m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.7m-1.8m

12s

SW SW SW
8 km/h
🌗

Tomorrow

1.8m-1.9m

10s

SW SW SW
11 km/h
🌗

Wed

1.9m-2.4m

12s

SW SW SW
15 km/h
🌖

Thu

2.4m-2.5m

11s

SSW SSW SSW
14 km/h
🌖

Fri

2.1m-2.4m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
14 km/h
🌖

Sat

2.1m-2.3m

7s

SSW SSW SSW
12 km/h
🌖

Sun

1.8m-2.1m

7s

S S S
9 km/h
🌕

Mon

1.6m-1.8m

6s

SSW S S
10 km/h
🌕

Tue

1.5m-1.6m

9s

SSW S S
11 km/h
🌕

Wed

1.5m-1.5m

13s

SW
13 km/h
🌔

Thu

0.0m-0.0m

10 km/h
🌔

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 00:54 (0.99m) 08:30 (0.63m) 13:30 (0.68m) 17:30 (0.62m)
Morning Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

222° SW
Period: 12s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 8s
⚡ 204 kJ
Midday Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

222° SW
Period: 12s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 16s
⚡ 204 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.7m - 1.7m

222° SW
Period: 12s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 9s
⚡ 204 kJ
At night Epic

1.7m - 1.8m

222° SW
Period: 12s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 14s
⚡ 204 kJ
Tides: 01:30 (1.05m) 08:50 (0.61m) 14:30 (0.76m) 18:30 (0.65m)
Morning Epic

1.8m - 1.8m

220° SW
Period: 10s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 15s
⚡ 159 kJ
Midday Good

1.9m - 1.9m

218° SW
Period: 10s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.2m 14s
⚡ 177 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.9m - 1.9m

219° SW
Period: 9s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.3m 12s
⚡ 144 kJ
At night Epic

1.8m - 1.9m

223° SW
Period: 11s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 12s
⚡ 192 kJ
Tides: 02:06 (1.10m) 09:15 (0.59m) 14:50 (0.84m) 19:50 (0.63m)
Morning Good

2.0m - 2.0m

216° SW
Period: 12s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 7s
⚡ 283 kJ
Midday Good

2.1m - 2.1m

215° SW
Period: 12s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 7s
⚡ 312 kJ
Afternoon Good

2.2m - 2.3m

214° SW
Period: 12s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.2m 8s
⚡ 342 kJ
At night Good

2.1m - 2.4m

213° SSW
Period: 12s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 6s
⚡ 312 kJ
Tides: 02:30 (1.10m) 09:21 (0.50m) 15:30 (0.89m) 20:30 (0.58m)
Morning Epic

2.5m - 2.5m

209° SSW
Period: 11s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 5s
⚡ 371 kJ
Midday Fair

2.5m - 2.5m

209° SSW
Period: 10s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 307 kJ
Afternoon Fair

2.4m - 2.5m

209° SSW
Period: 10s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 8s
⚡ 283 kJ
At night Good

2.5m - 2.5m

208° SSW
Period: 11s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 7s
⚡ 371 kJ
Tides: 03:00 (1.09m) 09:39 (0.45m) 15:50 (0.96m) 21:20 (0.57m)
Morning Fair

2.3m - 2.3m

209° SSW
Period: 10s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 6s
⚡ 260 kJ
Midday Fair

2.2m - 2.3m

209° SSW
Period: 10s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 5s
⚡ 238 kJ
Afternoon Fair

2.2m - 2.2m

209° SSW
Period: 10s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 5s
⚡ 238 kJ
At night Fair

2.2m - 2.4m

208° SSW
Period: 10s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 6s
⚡ 238 kJ
Tides: 03:21 (1.07m) 09:56 (0.40m) 16:30 (1.07m) 22:10 (0.58m)
Morning Epic

2.2m - 2.2m

189° S
Period: 6s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.2m 11s
⚡ 86 kJ
Midday Fair

2.2m - 2.3m

187° S
Period: 6s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 11s
⚡ 86 kJ
Afternoon Fair

2.2m - 2.2m

190° S
Period: 6s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 11s
⚡ 86 kJ
At night Fair

2.1m - 2.1m

189° S
Period: 7s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.2m 10s
⚡ 106 kJ
Morning Good

2.1m - 2.1m

190° S
Period: 7s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 20s
⚡ 106 kJ
Midday Poor

2.0m - 2.1m

189° S
Period: 7s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 19s
⚡ 96 kJ
Afternoon Poor

2.0m - 2.1m

192° SSW
Period: 7s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 18s
⚡ 96 kJ
At night Good

2.0m - 2.1m

190° S
Period: 7s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 14s
⚡ 96 kJ
Morning Good

1.7m - 1.7m

185° S
Period: 6s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 10s
⚡ 51 kJ
Midday Poor

1.6m - 1.7m

185° S
Period: 6s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 10s
⚡ 45 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

188° S
Period: 6s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 11s
⚡ 45 kJ
At night Good

1.7m - 1.8m

185° S
Period: 7s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 12s
⚡ 70 kJ
Morning Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

191° S
Period: 7s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 14s
⚡ 54 kJ
Midday Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

190° S
Period: 10s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 10s
⚡ 110 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

221° SW
Period: 10s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 8s
⚡ 110 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 1.6m

188° S
Period: 9s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 14s
⚡ 89 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
9 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
16 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
16 km/h
At night Good

1.5m - 1.5m

220° SW
Period: 13s
13 km/h
⚡ 187 kJ
Morning
Midday
Afternoon
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
10 km/h

Hourly Forecast

Open-Meteo Copernicus
Showing 6 of 240 hours
Hour Waves Period Swell Dir. Wind Secondary Swell Tertiary Swell Current UV Vis. Tide Rating
Mon 19 Oct 03:00 1.7m 12s 1.5m / 12s SW 4 km/h 1.5m / 12s SW - - 0.0 0.6 km 0.91m
9
Mon 19 Oct 04:00 1.7m 12s 1.5m / 12s SW 3 km/h 0.8m / 5s S - - 0.0 0.3 km 0.84m
8
Mon 19 Oct 05:00 1.7m 12s 1.5m / 12s SW 3 km/h 0.8m / 5s S - - 0.0 0.3 km 0.77m
8
Mon 19 Oct 06:00 1.7m 13s 1.5m / 12s SW 3 km/h 1.5m / 12s SW - 0.04 m/s 0.0 0.3 km 0.71m
9
Mon 19 Oct 07:00 1.7m 13s 1.5m / 12s SW 3 km/h 0.8m / 5s S - - 0.8 1.1 km 0.66m
8
Mon 19 Oct 08:00 1.7m 13s 1.5m / 12s SW 2 km/h 0.7m / 4s S - - 2.6 4.0 km 0.63m
8

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Surf information for Barranquito

Barranquito is a Beginner level surf spot located in Lima, Lima, Perú. The bottom surface is arena y piedra. The waves break both left and right. The best season to surf is Year round.

Today's conditions at Barranquito

Right now, Barranquito has waves of about 1.7m with a swell period of 12 seconds and E (3 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Barranquito you can practice surf, bodyboard and longboard. The area offers parking, showers and restaurants. You can get there by car, public transport or walking.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at Barranquito is around 24 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Barranquito

Is the wave at Barranquito a left or a right?
Barranquito offers both left and right waves.
What level do you need to surf at Barranquito?
Barranquito is a spot recommended for beginner surfers.
What is the best season to surf at Barranquito?
The best season to surf at Barranquito is Year round.
Where is Barranquito located?
Barranquito is located in Barranco, Lima, Peru.
How do you get to Barranquito?
You can reach Barranquito by car, public transport or walking.
What is the water temperature at Barranquito?
The water is around 24 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf bodyboard longboard

Services

estacionamiento duchas restaurantes

Access

auto transporte_publico caminata

Condition Scoring

Rating Algorithm 1-10

Each forecast hour receives a score from 1 to 10, calculated by adding points for different factors:

Wave Height (0-4 pts)

< 0.5m = 0 pts | 0.5-1.0m = 1 pt | 1.0-1.5m = 2 pts | 1.5-2.5m = 3 pts | > 2.5m = 4 pts

Dominant Period (-1 to 3 pts)

Uses the dominant/peak period (wave_period). < 8s = -1 pt (wind swell, messy) | 8-10s = 0 pts | 10-12s = 1 pt | 12-16s = 2 pts | > 16s = 3 pts

Wind (-2 to +2 pts)

Glassy (< 5 km/h): +2. Light wind (5-10 km/h): +1. Moderate wind (10-20 km/h): offshore +1, onshore -1. Strong wind (> 20 km/h): onshore -2, offshore -1. Wind data covers the full 15-day forecast window.

Secondary Swell (-1 to +1 pt)

If a secondary swell with height ≥ 0.3m and long period (≥ 10s) exists, +1 point is added. If the period is short (< 10s) and direction differs > 45° from the primary swell, -1 point penalty for crossed seas. If directions are similar (≤ 45°), no penalty is applied.

Rating by score:

Flat (1) Poor (2-3) Fair (4-5) Good (6-7) Epic (8-10)
View full methodology
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