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Punta de Lobos

O'Higgins · Advanced Fair
1.1m
5/10
12s 4 km/h
Punta de Lobos - surf spot in O'Higgins

About Punta de Lobos

Punta de Lobos is the most iconic wave in Chile and one of the best in South America, located just minutes from Pichilemu. It is a world-class left that breaks over a rocky bottom, with long, powerful walls and tubular sections that can reach great size, which has made it a benchmark for big-wave surfing on the continent. Its landscape is unmistakable: the imposing Los Morros rock formations rising from the sea give it a spectacular, almost mythical setting. It is a demanding wave, recommended for advanced surfers, especially when size comes in and it turns into a big-wave challenge. The best season runs from autumn to winter, between April and September, with south swells, and the cold water requires a wetsuit. A venue for international championships, Punta de Lobos is a must-stop and a symbol of Chilean surfing.

Characteristics

Level
Powerful waves or obstacles. Experience required.
· 📅 Autumn and winter (April to September) ·
Surface
Type of seabed where the waves break.
·
Direction
Direction the wave breaks as seen from the water.

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-34.4224°, -72.0536° O'Higgins

Punta de Lobos — O'Higgins

Current Conditions

Updated 23/08/2026 18:01

Fair
5/10

Waves

1.1m

9.6s period

Primary Swell

0.5m

12.2s SW

Wind

4 km/h

Gusts 7 km/h NE

Secondary Swell

0.4m

9.7s SSW

Temp.

13.6°C

🥶 4/3mm

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

10+ km

Good

Sun & Moon

☀️
07:17
18:23
🌙
13:06
03:31
🌖 Waxing Gibbous

Tide

Rising

High Tide 19:54 - 0.59m

Today's Tides

High Tide

07:04

0.98m

Low Tide

14:13

0.17m

High Tide

19:54

0.59m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.0m-1.1m

12s

SW SW SW
3 km/h
🌖

Tomorrow

1.0m-1.2m

9s

SW SW WSW
10 km/h
🌖

Tue

1.1m-1.5m

11s

WSW WSW WSW
16 km/h
🌖

Wed

1.5m-2.7m

9s

WSW WSW WSW
18 km/h
🌖

Thu

2.8m-3.3m

10s

WSW WSW WSW
12 km/h
🌕

Fri

2.4m-3.1m

10s

WSW WSW WSW
17 km/h
🌕

Sat

2.2m-2.4m

9s

WSW WSW WSW
18 km/h
🌕

Sun

2.2m-2.7m

8s

W W W
6 km/h
🌕

Mon

1.5m-2.2m

8s

W WSW WSW
6 km/h
🌔

Tue

1.1m-1.5m

9s

WSW WSW WSW
12 km/h
🌔

Wed

0.0m-0.0m

17 km/h
🌔

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 07:04 (0.98m) 14:13 (0.17m) 19:54 (0.59m)
Morning Already passed
Midday Already passed
Afternoon Good

1.1m - 1.1m

227° SW
Period: 12s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 10s
⚡ 86 kJ
At night Good

1.0m - 1.1m

227° SW
Period: 12s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 9s
⚡ 71 kJ
Tides: 01:08 (0.24m) 07:54 (1.06m) 14:52 (0.08m) 20:30 (0.62m)
Morning Good

1.1m - 1.2m

238° WSW
Period: 10s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 15s
⚡ 59 kJ
Midday Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

238° WSW
Period: 9s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 16s
⚡ 57 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.2m - 1.2m

238° WSW
Period: 9s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 16s
⚡ 57 kJ
At night Good

1.1m - 1.2m

240° WSW
Period: 10s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 59 kJ
Tides: 01:48 (0.16m) 08:25 (1.15m) 15:15 (0.04m) 20:57 (0.72m)
Morning Good

1.1m - 1.1m

245° WSW
Period: 13s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 8s
⚡ 100 kJ
Midday Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

246° WSW
Period: 13s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 7s
⚡ 119 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

246° WSW
Period: 12s
24 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 7s
⚡ 119 kJ
At night Good

1.3m - 1.5m

245° WSW
Period: 10s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 11s
⚡ 83 kJ
Tides: 02:25 (0.10m) 09:02 (1.23m) 15:40 (0.00m) 21:30 (0.79m)
Morning Poor

1.9m - 2.0m

256° WSW
Period: 8s
22 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 5s
⚡ 113 kJ
Midday Poor

1.9m - 2.0m

260° W
Period: 7s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 8s
⚡ 87 kJ
Afternoon Good

2.1m - 2.2m

261° W
Period: 9s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 6s
⚡ 175 kJ
At night Epic

2.0m - 2.7m

245° WSW
Period: 10s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 5s
⚡ 196 kJ
Tides: 03:02 (0.07m) 09:34 (1.29m) 16:10 (-0.04m) 22:00 (0.86m)
Morning Epic

3.1m - 3.2m

251° WSW
Period: 10s
11 km/h
⚡ 472 kJ
Midday Good

3.3m - 3.3m

251° WSW
Period: 11s
15 km/h
⚡ 647 kJ
Afternoon Epic

3.3m - 3.3m

251° WSW
Period: 11s
16 km/h
⚡ 647 kJ
At night Epic

3.1m - 3.3m

249° WSW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
⚡ 472 kJ
Tides: 03:39 (0.00m) 10:04 (1.28m) 16:34 (-0.11m) 22:30 (0.92m)
Morning Epic

3.1m - 3.1m

254° WSW
Period: 10s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 3s
⚡ 472 kJ
Midday Good

2.9m - 3.0m

255° WSW
Period: 10s
16 km/h
⚡ 413 kJ
Afternoon Good

2.8m - 2.8m

256° WSW
Period: 10s
14 km/h
⚡ 385 kJ
At night Epic

2.8m - 3.1m

254° WSW
Period: 10s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 2s
⚡ 385 kJ
Tides: 04:13 (-0.03m) 10:37 (1.25m) 17:02 (-0.17m)
Morning Fair

2.2m - 2.3m

257° WSW
Period: 9s
27 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 5s
⚡ 192 kJ
Midday Poor

2.3m - 2.4m

255° WSW
Period: 10s
21 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 6s
⚡ 260 kJ
Afternoon Good

2.4m - 2.4m

255° WSW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 6s
⚡ 283 kJ
At night Good

2.3m - 2.4m

257° WSW
Period: 9s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 4s
⚡ 210 kJ
Morning Good

2.6m - 2.7m

265° W
Period: 8s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 4s
⚡ 212 kJ
Midday Good

2.7m - 2.7m

262° W
Period: 9s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 3s
⚡ 290 kJ
Afternoon Good

2.5m - 2.6m

262° W
Period: 8s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.1m 2s
⚡ 196 kJ
At night Good

2.3m - 2.4m

267° W
Period: 8s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 4s
⚡ 166 kJ
Morning Epic

1.9m - 1.9m

255° WSW
Period: 8s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 15s
⚡ 113 kJ
Midday Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

252° WSW
Period: 8s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 16s
⚡ 91 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.6m - 1.7m

253° WSW
Period: 8s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 80 kJ
At night Good

1.8m - 2.2m

252° WSW
Period: 8s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 14s
⚡ 102 kJ
Morning Good

1.2m - 1.3m

252° WSW
Period: 7s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 14s
⚡ 35 kJ
Midday Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

248° WSW
Period: 7s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 15s
⚡ 29 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

238° WSW
Period: 12s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 16s
⚡ 86 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.5m

252° WSW
Period: 9s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 15s
⚡ 67 kJ
Morning Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
19 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
16 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
13 km/h
At night Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
19 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
Sun 23 Aug 18:00 1.1m 9s 0.5m / 12s SW 4 km/h 0.4m / 10s SW - 0.16 m/s 0.5 10+ km 0.50m
6
Sun 23 Aug 19:00 1.1m 10s 0.5m / 12s SW 4 km/h 0.4m / 10s SSW - - 0.0 10+ km 0.57m
5
Sun 23 Aug 20:00 1.0m 10s 0.5m / 12s SW 3 km/h 0.4m / 9s SSW - - 0.0 0.6 km 0.59m
5
Sun 23 Aug 21:00 1.0m 10s 0.6m / 12s SW 5 km/h 0.4m / 9s SW - - 0.0 0.2 km 0.56m
4
Sun 23 Aug 22:00 1.0m 10s 0.6m / 11s SW 3 km/h 0.4m / 8s WSW - - 0.0 0.1 km 0.48m
6
Sun 23 Aug 23:00 1.0m 10s 0.7m / 11s SW 2 km/h 0.5m / 8s WSW - - 0.0 0.2 km 0.38m
6

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Surf information for Punta de Lobos

Punta de Lobos is a Advanced level surf spot located in O'Higgins, Chile. The bottom surface is roca. The best season to surf is Autumn and winter (April to September).

Today's conditions at Punta de Lobos

Right now, Punta de Lobos has waves of about 1.1m with a swell period of 12 seconds and NE (4 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Punta de Lobos you can practice surf and bodyboard.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at Punta de Lobos is around 14 °C, so a 4/3 mm wetsuit with boots is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Punta de Lobos

Is the wave at Punta de Lobos a left or a right?
The wave at Punta de Lobos breaks mainly to the left.
What level do you need to surf at Punta de Lobos?
Punta de Lobos is a spot recommended for advanced surfers.
What is the best season to surf at Punta de Lobos?
The best season to surf at Punta de Lobos is Autumn and winter (April to September).
Where is Punta de Lobos located?
Punta de Lobos is located in O'Higgins, Peru.
What is the water temperature at Punta de Lobos?
The water is around 14 °C, so a 4/3 mm wetsuit with boots is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf bodyboard

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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