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La Herradura

Lima, Lima - Chorrillos · Advanced Good
1.7m
6/10
9s 6 km/h
La Herradura - surf spot in Lima

About La Herradura

Iconic left in Lima's Chorrillos district. Long and powerful wave that works with large southwest swell. Historic spot of Peruvian surfing.

Characteristics

Level
Powerful waves or obstacles. Experience required.
· 📅 May - September ·
Surface
Type of seabed where the waves break.
·
Direction
Direction the wave breaks as seen from the water.

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-12.1769°, -77.0377° Lima

La Herradura — Lima

Current Conditions

Updated 09/07/2026 00:00

Good
6/10

Waves

1.7m

10.6s period

Primary Swell

1.2m

9.2s S

Wind

6 km/h

Gusts 19 km/h NE

Secondary Swell

1.2m

8.5s SSW

Temp.

22.5°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

0.6 km

Fog

Sun & Moon

☀️
06:29
17:56
🌙
01:23
13:13
🌓 Last Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Rising

High Tide 01:00 - 0.82m

Best Time to Surf Today

07:00 - 10:00

🌊 1.7m 💨 5 km/h
Epic 7.7/10 avg.

Today's Tides

High Tide

01:00

0.82m

Low Tide

06:10

0.63m

High Tide

11:42

0.83m

Low Tide

18:30

0.33m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.6m-1.8m

11s

SSW S S
7 km/h
🌓

Tomorrow

1.7m-1.8m

12s

SSW SSW SSW
8 km/h
🌒

Sat

1.7m-1.7m

11s

SSW SSW SSW
7 km/h
🌒

Sun

1.6m-1.7m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
8 km/h
🌒

Mon

1.4m-1.6m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
7 km/h
🌑

Tue

1.4m-1.5m

11s

SSW SSW SSW
7 km/h
🌑

Wed

1.4m-1.5m

11s

SW SW SW
7 km/h
🌑

Thu

1.4m-1.5m

11s

SW SSW SW
7 km/h
🌑

Fri

1.3m-1.5m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
8 km/h
🌘

Sat

0.0m-0.0m

10 km/h
🌘

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 01:00 (0.82m) 06:10 (0.63m) 11:42 (0.83m) 18:30 (0.33m)
Morning Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

203° SSW
Period: 12s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 13s
⚡ 204 kJ
Midday Good

1.7m - 1.7m

209° SSW
Period: 13s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 6s
⚡ 240 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.7m - 1.7m

209° SSW
Period: 13s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 6s
⚡ 240 kJ
At night Good

1.7m - 1.8m

210° SSW
Period: 10s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 8s
⚡ 142 kJ
Tides: 02:06 (0.96m) 08:30 (0.64m) 12:45 (0.80m) 19:30 (0.29m)
Morning Good

1.8m - 1.8m

211° SSW
Period: 12s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 6s
⚡ 229 kJ
Midday Good

1.8m - 1.8m

212° SSW
Period: 12s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 5s
⚡ 229 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.8m - 1.8m

211° SSW
Period: 12s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 8s
⚡ 229 kJ
At night Epic

1.8m - 1.8m

211° SSW
Period: 12s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 11s
⚡ 229 kJ
Tides: 03:06 (1.06m) 09:30 (0.61m) 13:50 (0.80m) 20:21 (0.27m)
Morning Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

213° SSW
Period: 10s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 13s
⚡ 142 kJ
Midday Good

1.7m - 1.7m

206° SSW
Period: 12s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 6s
⚡ 204 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.7m - 1.7m

205° SSW
Period: 12s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 5s
⚡ 204 kJ
At night Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

204° SSW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 11s
⚡ 172 kJ
Tides: 03:50 (1.19m) 10:21 (0.56m) 14:54 (0.79m) 21:15 (0.21m)
Morning Good

1.6m - 1.7m

202° SSW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 6s
⚡ 152 kJ
Midday Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

200° SSW
Period: 11s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 6s
⚡ 152 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.6m - 1.6m

199° SSW
Period: 10s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 9s
⚡ 126 kJ
At night Good

1.6m - 1.7m

203° SSW
Period: 10s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 126 kJ
Tides: 04:30 (1.24m) 11:21 (0.49m) 15:54 (0.75m) 22:07 (0.16m)
Morning Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

196° SSW
Period: 9s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 13s
⚡ 89 kJ
Midday Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

197° SSW
Period: 11s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 8s
⚡ 134 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

200° SSW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 5s
⚡ 116 kJ
At night Good

1.5m - 1.6m

194° SSW
Period: 9s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 89 kJ
Tides: 05:30 (1.26m) 12:08 (0.43m) 16:56 (0.76m)
Morning Epic

1.4m - 1.5m

197° SSW
Period: 10s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 14s
⚡ 96 kJ
Midday Good

1.5m - 1.5m

218° SW
Period: 12s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 14s
⚡ 159 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.5m - 1.5m

222° SW
Period: 12s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 10s
⚡ 159 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

198° SSW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 134 kJ
Morning Good

1.5m - 1.5m

217° SW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 6s
⚡ 134 kJ
Midday Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

222° SW
Period: 10s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 12s
⚡ 96 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.4m - 1.4m

221° SW
Period: 10s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 12s
⚡ 96 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

219° SW
Period: 11s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 10s
⚡ 134 kJ
Morning Good

1.5m - 1.5m

206° SSW
Period: 12s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 9s
⚡ 159 kJ
Midday Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

210° SSW
Period: 11s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 18s
⚡ 134 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

209° SSW
Period: 11s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 15s
⚡ 134 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

208° SSW
Period: 10s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 110 kJ
Morning Epic

1.4m - 1.4m

209° SSW
Period: 9s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 12s
⚡ 78 kJ
Midday Good

1.4m - 1.4m

210° SSW
Period: 9s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 12s
⚡ 78 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.3m - 1.4m

210° SSW
Period: 9s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 13s
⚡ 67 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

209° SSW
Period: 10s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 13s
⚡ 110 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
5 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
12 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
16 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
11 km/h

Hourly Forecast

Showing 6 of 240 hours
Hour Waves Period Swell Dir. Wind Secondary Swell Tertiary Swell Current UV Vis. Tide Rating
Thu 09 Jul 00:00 1.6m 11s 1.2m / 10s SSW 6 km/h 1.1m / 7s SSW - - 0.0 1.0 km 0.81m
6
Thu 09 Jul 01:00 1.7m 11s 1.2m / 9s S 6 km/h 1.2m / 9s SSW - - 0.0 0.6 km -
6
Thu 09 Jul 02:00 1.7m 11s 1.2m / 8s S 5 km/h 1.2m / 10s SSW - - 0.0 0.9 km 0.81m
7
Thu 09 Jul 03:00 1.7m 11s 1.2m / 6s S 5 km/h 1.2m / 11s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.76m
7
Thu 09 Jul 04:00 1.7m 11s 1.2m / 6s S 6 km/h 1.2m / 13s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.70m
7
Thu 09 Jul 05:00 1.7m 11s 1.1m / 7s SSW 7 km/h 1.0m / 14s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.65m
7

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Photos of La Herradura

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Surf information for La Herradura

La Herradura is a Advanced level surf spot located in Lima, Lima, Perú. The bottom surface is arena y roca. The best season to surf is May - September.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf bodyboard

Services

estacionamiento restaurantes

Access

auto transporte_publico

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)
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