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Lobitos

Piura, Talara - Lobitos · Intermediate Fair
1.5m
4/10
11s 18 km/h
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Lobitos - surf spot in Piura
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About Lobitos

Lobitos, on the desert coast of Talara (Piura), is a former oil town turned into one of Peru's surf meccas. Its main draw is the lefts: long, lined up and with high-quality tubular sections that break in front of an arid, lonely landscape. Within a few kilometers several waves coexist, such as the pier wave, El Hueco and Piscinas, which makes it possible to find peaks for different swell sizes and spread surfers out in the water. It works almost all year thanks to south swells, with the best days concentrated between April and October and offshore wind that often grooms the wave. It is a wave recommended for intermediate surfers and above, especially when size comes up and the barrels appear. The town keeps a relaxed, traveler atmosphere, with lodgings and schools that grew up around surfing, ideal for staying several days chasing waves.

Characteristics

Level
Requires basic paddling and pop-up skills. Moderate power.
· 📅 Year round ·
Surface
Type of seabed where the waves break.
·
Direction
Direction the wave breaks as seen from the water.

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-4.4515°, -81.2870° Piura
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Lobitos — Piura

Current Conditions

Updated 19/10/2026 03:04

Fair
4/10

Waves

1.5m

11.0s period

Primary Swell

1.3m

10.5s SSW

Wind

18 km/h

Gusts 26 km/h SSE

Secondary Swell

0.5m

6.0s SSW

Temp.

25.9°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 06:03
↓ 18:16
🌙
↑ 13:11
↓ 01:01
🌗 First Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Rising

High Tide 09:06 - 1.09m

Best Time to Surf Today

06:00 - 09:00

🌊 1.5m 💨 14 km/h
Fair 5/10 avg.

Today's Tides

Low Tide

03:20

0.78m

High Tide

09:06

1.09m

Low Tide

15:30

0.61m

High Tide

22:39

1.27m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.5m-1.6m

9s

SSW SSW SSW
17 km/h
🌗

Tomorrow

1.5m-1.7m

11s

SW SW SW
22 km/h
🌗

Wed

1.6m-1.7m

12s

SSW SSW SSW
16 km/h
🌖

Thu

1.7m-1.9m

11s

SSW SSW SSW
24 km/h
🌖

Fri

1.7m-2.0m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
26 km/h
🌖

Sat

1.5m-1.9m

9s

SSW SSW SSW
20 km/h
🌖

Sun

1.3m-1.5m

7s

SSW SSW SSW
16 km/h
🌕

Mon

1.2m-1.3m

7s

SSW SSW SSW
14 km/h
🌕

Tue

1.1m-1.2m

7s

SSW SSW SSW
10 km/h
🌕

Wed

1.1m-1.1m

7s

SSW
9 km/h
🌔

Thu

0.0m-0.0m

7 km/h
🌔

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 03:20 (0.78m) 09:06 (1.09m) 15:30 (0.61m) 22:39 (1.27m)
Morning Good

1.5m - 1.5m

207° SSW
Period: 8s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 13s
⚡ 71 kJ
Midday Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

205° SSW
Period: 8s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 12s
⚡ 71 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

206° SSW
Period: 8s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 13s
⚡ 71 kJ
At night Fair

1.5m - 1.6m

211° SSW
Period: 11s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 10s
⚡ 134 kJ
Tides: 05:15 (0.76m) 10:50 (1.10m) 16:56 (0.62m) 23:47 (1.33m)
Morning Good

1.5m - 1.5m

217° SW
Period: 11s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 12s
⚡ 134 kJ
Midday Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

212° SSW
Period: 9s
28 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 13s
⚡ 102 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

213° SSW
Period: 10s
27 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 13s
⚡ 126 kJ
At night Good

1.6m - 1.7m

217° SW
Period: 11s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 12s
⚡ 152 kJ
Tides: 06:13 (0.65m) 12:03 (1.23m) 18:03 (0.59m)
Morning Epic

1.6m - 1.6m

213° SSW
Period: 11s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 12s
⚡ 152 kJ
Midday Good

1.6m - 1.6m

212° SSW
Period: 14s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 10s
⚡ 246 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.6m - 1.7m

211° SSW
Period: 14s
20 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 11s
⚡ 246 kJ
At night Good

1.6m - 1.7m

213° SSW
Period: 11s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 12s
⚡ 152 kJ
Tides: 00:30 (1.48m) 07:00 (0.56m) 12:57 (1.37m) 18:53 (0.55m)
Morning Fair

1.8m - 1.8m

209° SSW
Period: 12s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 229 kJ
Midday Fair

1.8m - 1.9m

208° SSW
Period: 11s
24 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 192 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.9m - 1.9m

211° SSW
Period: 11s
29 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 8s
⚡ 214 kJ
At night Fair

1.8m - 1.9m

206° SSW
Period: 11s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 8s
⚡ 192 kJ
Tides: 01:07 (1.59m) 07:30 (0.39m) 13:34 (1.48m) 19:34 (0.44m)
Morning Fair

1.8m - 1.9m

204° SSW
Period: 10s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 13s
⚡ 159 kJ
Midday Fair

1.9m - 1.9m

204° SSW
Period: 9s
32 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 13s
⚡ 144 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.9m - 2.0m

203° SSW
Period: 9s
32 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 13s
⚡ 144 kJ
At night Fair

1.9m - 2.0m

204° SSW
Period: 10s
23 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 9s
⚡ 177 kJ
Tides: 01:41 (1.64m) 08:02 (0.23m) 14:12 (1.58m) 20:12 (0.35m)
Morning Fair

1.6m - 1.8m

202° SSW
Period: 9s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 10s
⚡ 102 kJ
Midday Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

204° SSW
Period: 9s
28 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 6s
⚡ 102 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

203° SSW
Period: 10s
26 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 6s
⚡ 126 kJ
At night Fair

1.7m - 1.9m

202° SSW
Period: 9s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 11s
⚡ 115 kJ
Morning Fair

1.4m - 1.5m

197° SSW
Period: 7s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 11s
⚡ 47 kJ
Midday Poor

1.4m - 1.4m

194° SSW
Period: 6s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 11s
⚡ 35 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.4m

195° SSW
Period: 6s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 11s
⚡ 30 kJ
At night Fair

1.4m - 1.5m

196° SSW
Period: 8s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 10s
⚡ 62 kJ
Morning Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

195° SSW
Period: 7s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 10s
⚡ 41 kJ
Midday Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

197° SSW
Period: 6s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 11s
⚡ 25 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

196° SSW
Period: 7s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 15s
⚡ 35 kJ
At night Good

1.2m - 1.3m

194° SSW
Period: 7s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 14s
⚡ 35 kJ
Morning Good

1.2m - 1.2m

195° SSW
Period: 7s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 14s
⚡ 35 kJ
Midday Good

1.2m - 1.2m

193° SSW
Period: 9s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 14s
⚡ 57 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.2m - 1.2m

195° SSW
Period: 7s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 14s
⚡ 35 kJ
At night Good

1.2m - 1.2m

196° SSW
Period: 7s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 15s
⚡ 35 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
7 km/h
Midday Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
13 km/h
Afternoon Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
7 km/h
At night Good

1.1m - 1.1m

195° SSW
Period: 7s
8 km/h
⚡ 29 kJ
Morning
Midday
Afternoon
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
7 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 1.6m 11s 1.3m / 11s SSW 17 km/h 1.3m / 11s SW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.78m
5
Mon 19 Oct 04:00 1.5m 11s 1.3m / 11s SSW 18 km/h 0.5m / 6s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.79m
4
Mon 19 Oct 05:00 1.5m 11s 1.3m / 10s SSW 17 km/h 0.6m / 9s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.83m
4
Mon 19 Oct 06:00 1.5m 11s 1.2m / 9s SSW 17 km/h 1.3m / 11s SW - 0.22 m/s 0.0 10+ km 0.91m
5
Mon 19 Oct 07:00 1.5m 11s 1.1m / 9s SSW 14 km/h 0.8m / 14s SW - - 0.3 10+ km 0.99m
5
Mon 19 Oct 08:00 1.5m 11s 1.1m / 8s SSW 12 km/h 0.8m / 15s SW - - 1.8 10+ km 1.06m
5

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Surf information for Lobitos

Lobitos is a Intermediate level surf spot located in Talara, Piura, Perú. The bottom surface is roca y arena. The best season to surf is Year round.

Today's conditions at Lobitos

Right now, Lobitos has waves of about 1.5m with a swell period of 11 seconds and SSE (18 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Lobitos you can practice surf, bodyboard and longboard. The area offers nearby lodging and restaurants. You can get there by car or public transport.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at Lobitos is around 27 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Lobitos

Is the wave at Lobitos a left or a right?
The wave at Lobitos breaks mainly to the left.
What level do you need to surf at Lobitos?
Lobitos is a spot recommended for intermediate surfers.
What is the best season to surf at Lobitos?
The best season to surf at Lobitos is Year round.
Where is Lobitos located?
Lobitos is located in Lobitos, Talara, Piura, Peru.
How do you get to Lobitos?
You can reach Lobitos by car or public transport.
What is the water temperature at Lobitos?
The water is around 27 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf bodyboard longboard

Services

hospedaje restaurantes

Access

auto transporte_publico

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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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