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Kon Tiki

Lima, Lima - Punta Hermosa · Advanced Fair
1.0m
4/10
6s 11 km/h
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Kon Tiki - surf spot in Lima
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About Kon Tiki

Kon Tiki is one of the heaviest and most powerful waves in Punta Hermosa, south of Lima, respected for its strength and consistency. It breaks over reef and grows enormously when the big south swells arrive, forming tubular sections and very powerful walls that demand commitment and experience. It is not a wave for beginners: its size, rocky bottom and energy reserve it for advanced surfers who know how to handle big waves. The best season runs from April to September, in the middle of the southern hemisphere winter, when the strongest swells arrive. As part of the Punta Hermosa area, it shares the zone with legendary spots such as Pico Alto, Caballeros and La Isla, which lets you choose each day the wave that best matches the size and conditions. For those seeking adrenaline and powerful waves near Lima, Kon Tiki is one of the essential stops on the southern coast.

Characteristics

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

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-12.3413°, -76.8321° Lima
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Kon Tiki — Lima

Current Conditions

Updated 24/08/2026 09:10

Fair
4/10

Waves

1.0m

10.7s period

Primary Swell

0.8m

6.5s SSW

Wind

11 km/h

Gusts 29 km/h SSW

Secondary Swell

0.5m

12.6s SW

Temp.

20.7°C

🦺 Shorty 2mm

UV

7.3

High

Visibility

0.9 km

Fog

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 06:15
↓ 18:03
🌙
↑ 15:17
↓ 03:40
🌖 Waxing Gibbous

Tide

Rising

High Tide 15:15 - 0.64m

Best Time to Surf Today

10:00 - 13:00

🌊 1.0m 💨 10 km/h
Good 4/10 avg.

Today's Tides

High Tide

03:54

0.98m

Low Tide

10:42

0.48m

High Tide

15:15

0.64m

Low Tide

21:18

0.30m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.0m-1.1m

8s

SSW SSW SSW
12 km/h
🌖

Tomorrow

1.1m-1.2m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
8 km/h
🌖

Wed

1.0m-1.1m

11s

SSW SSW SSW
8 km/h
🌖

Thu

1.0m-1.1m

12s

SW SW SW
7 km/h
🌕

Fri

1.0m-2.0m

13s

SW SW SW
8 km/h
🌕

Sat

1.7m-2.0m

11s

SW SW SW
9 km/h
🌕

Sun

1.6m-1.8m

10s

SW SW SW
12 km/h
🌕

Mon

1.6m-1.7m

9s

SW SW SW
10 km/h
🌔

Tue

1.5m-1.7m

6s

SW SW SSW
8 km/h
🌔

Wed

1.5m-1.5m

7s

S S SSW
8 km/h
🌔

Thu

1.5m-1.5m

13s

SW
6 km/h
🌓

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 03:54 (0.98m) 10:42 (0.48m) 15:15 (0.64m) 21:18 (0.30m)
Morning Good

1.0m - 1.0m

197° SSW
Period: 7s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 24 kJ
Midday Fair

1.0m - 1.0m

197° SSW
Period: 7s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 11s
⚡ 24 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.0m - 1.0m

215° SW
Period: 9s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 9s
⚡ 40 kJ
At night Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

210° SSW
Period: 8s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 11s
⚡ 38 kJ
Tides: 04:30 (1.02m) 11:06 (0.47m) 16:00 (0.69m) 21:42 (0.32m)
Morning Fair

1.1m - 1.2m

203° SSW
Period: 10s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 10s
⚡ 59 kJ
Midday Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

203° SSW
Period: 9s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 10s
⚡ 57 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

203° SSW
Period: 9s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 48 kJ
At night Good

1.1m - 1.1m

211° SSW
Period: 10s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 59 kJ
Tides: 05:00 (1.09m) 11:30 (0.49m) 16:30 (0.76m) 22:15 (0.33m)
Morning Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

215° SW
Period: 12s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 13s
⚡ 86 kJ
Midday Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

201° SSW
Period: 8s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 38 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

230° SW
Period: 14s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 13s
⚡ 116 kJ
At night Good

1.1m - 1.1m

201° SSW
Period: 11s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 72 kJ
Tides: 05:21 (1.12m) 11:54 (0.47m) 17:00 (0.79m) 22:56 (0.32m)
Morning Good

1.0m - 1.0m

225° SW
Period: 13s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 83 kJ
Midday Fair

1.0m - 1.0m

224° SW
Period: 12s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 18s
⚡ 71 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.0m - 1.0m

223° SW
Period: 12s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 14s
⚡ 71 kJ
At night Good

1.0m - 1.1m

223° SW
Period: 13s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 83 kJ
Tides: 05:45 (1.10m) 12:21 (0.41m) 17:42 (0.77m) 23:30 (0.30m)
Morning Good

1.4m - 1.6m

225° SW
Period: 13s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 4s
⚡ 163 kJ
Midday Fair

1.6m - 1.8m

225° SW
Period: 13s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 7s
⚡ 212 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.8m - 1.9m

224° SW
Period: 13s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 4s
⚡ 269 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 2.0m

224° SW
Period: 13s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 5s
⚡ 187 kJ
Tides: 06:15 (1.07m) 12:40 (0.39m) 18:21 (0.83m)
Morning Epic

2.0m - 2.0m

226° SW
Period: 11s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 4s
⚡ 238 kJ
Midday Fair

1.9m - 2.0m

227° SW
Period: 11s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 4s
⚡ 214 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.9m - 1.9m

225° SW
Period: 11s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 4s
⚡ 214 kJ
At night Epic

1.9m - 2.0m

225° SW
Period: 11s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 5s
⚡ 214 kJ
Tides: 00:04 (0.37m) 06:39 (1.05m) 13:04 (0.37m) 19:00 (0.88m)
Morning Good

1.7m - 1.7m

226° SW
Period: 10s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 4s
⚡ 142 kJ
Midday Fair

1.6m - 1.7m

226° SW
Period: 10s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 4s
⚡ 126 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

225° SW
Period: 10s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 4s
⚡ 126 kJ
At night Good

1.7m - 1.8m

226° SW
Period: 10s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 4s
⚡ 142 kJ
Morning Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

225° SW
Period: 9s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.2m 7s
⚡ 115 kJ
Midday Fair

1.7m - 1.7m

223° SW
Period: 9s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 7s
⚡ 115 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.7m - 1.7m

224° SW
Period: 9s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 7s
⚡ 115 kJ
At night Good

1.7m - 1.7m

225° SW
Period: 10s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 6s
⚡ 142 kJ
Morning Epic

1.6m - 1.6m

192° SSW
Period: 6s
4 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 10s
⚡ 45 kJ
Midday Good

1.6m - 1.6m

191° S
Period: 6s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 10s
⚡ 45 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

192° SSW
Period: 6s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 10s
⚡ 45 kJ
At night Good

1.6m - 1.7m

223° SW
Period: 7s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 9s
⚡ 62 kJ
Morning Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

192° SSW
Period: 6s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 16s
⚡ 40 kJ
Midday Good

1.5m - 1.5m

191° S
Period: 6s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 15s
⚡ 40 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

225° SW
Period: 8s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 12s
⚡ 71 kJ
At night Good

1.5m - 1.5m

190° S
Period: 7s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 11s
⚡ 54 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
6 km/h
Midday
Afternoon
At night Good

1.5m - 1.5m

228° SW
Period: 13s
6 km/h
⚡ 187 kJ

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 24 Aug 10:00 1.0m 11s 0.8m / 7s SSW 7 km/h 0.5m / 12s SW - - 5.5 0.4 km 0.49m
6
Mon 24 Aug 11:00 1.0m 11s 0.8m / 6s SSW 11 km/h 0.5m / 13s SW - - 7.3 0.9 km 0.48m
4
Mon 24 Aug 12:00 1.0m 11s 0.8m / 6s SSW 11 km/h 0.9m / 7s SSW - 0.22 m/s 8.3 3.9 km 0.52m
2
Mon 24 Aug 13:00 1.0m 11s 0.8m / 7s SSW 15 km/h 0.5m / 13s SW - - 8.4 10+ km 0.57m
3
Mon 24 Aug 14:00 1.0m 11s 0.7m / 8s SSW 16 km/h 0.5m / 13s SW - - 7.7 10+ km 0.61m
4
Mon 24 Aug 15:00 1.0m 11s 0.7m / 9s SW 15 km/h 0.8m / 7s SSW - - 6.2 10+ km 0.64m
3

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Surf information for Kon Tiki

Kon Tiki is a Advanced level surf spot located in Lima, Lima, Perú. The bottom surface is roca. The waves break both left and right. The best season to surf is April - September.

Today's conditions at Kon Tiki

Right now, Kon Tiki has waves of about 1.0m with a swell period of 6 seconds and SSW (11 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Kon Tiki you can practice surf. The area offers parking. You can get there by car.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at Kon Tiki is around 21 °C, so a 2/2 mm spring suit is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Kon Tiki

Is the wave at Kon Tiki a left or a right?
Kon Tiki offers both left and right waves.
What level do you need to surf at Kon Tiki?
Kon Tiki is a spot recommended for advanced surfers.
What is the best season to surf at Kon Tiki?
The best season to surf at Kon Tiki is April - September.
Where is Kon Tiki located?
Kon Tiki is located in Punta Hermosa, Lima, Peru.
How do you get to Kon Tiki?
You can reach Kon Tiki by car.
What is the water temperature at Kon Tiki?
The water is around 21 °C, so a 2/2 mm spring suit is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf

Services

estacionamiento

Access

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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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