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Pampilla

Lima, Lima - Miraflores · Intermediate Fair
1.1m
4/10
7s 12 km/h
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Pampilla - surf spot in Lima
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About Pampilla

La Pampilla is a point break on the Costa Verde, in the heart of Lima, with access from the Bajada de San Isidro. It is one of the city's most consistent urban waves: it breaks over reef with predominant rights and a good ride, and works regularly thanks to south swells. The best season runs from April to October, though being such an accessible wave it is surfed almost all year. A distinctive feature is its night lighting, which allows surfing after dark, something unusual and much appreciated by those who work during the day and look for waves in the evening. Because of its central location, La Pampilla often gathers many surfers, so it is important to respect priority in the water. It is an excellent option for intermediate surfers who want frequent sessions without leaving the city, with the backdrop of the cliffs and the Lima promenade.

Characteristics

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

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-12.1247°, -77.0416° Lima
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Pampilla — Lima

Current Conditions

Updated 24/08/2026 09:14

Fair
4/10

Waves

1.1m

10.3s period

Primary Swell

0.9m

6.7s S

Wind

12 km/h

Gusts 36 km/h S

Secondary Swell

0.5m

13.6s SW

Temp.

21.0°C

🦺 Shorty 2mm

UV

7.3

High

Visibility

1.2 km

Poor

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 06:16
↓ 18:04
🌙
↑ 15:18
↓ 03:40
🌖 Waxing Gibbous

Tide

Rising

High Tide 15:10 - 0.65m

Best Time to Surf Today

10:00 - 13:00

🌊 1.1m 💨 12 km/h
Good 4.3/10 avg.

Today's Tides

High Tide

03:50

0.98m

Low Tide

10:30

0.48m

High Tide

15:10

0.65m

Low Tide

21:10

0.30m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.1m-1.3m

7s

S S S
15 km/h
🌖

Tomorrow

1.2m-1.3m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
13 km/h
🌖

Wed

1.1m-1.2m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
11 km/h
🌖

Thu

1.0m-1.1m

13s

SW SW SW
10 km/h
🌕

Fri

1.1m-2.1m

13s

SW SW SW
12 km/h
🌕

Sat

1.8m-2.1m

11s

SW SW SW
12 km/h
🌕

Sun

1.7m-1.9m

10s

SW SW SW
16 km/h
🌕

Mon

1.7m-1.8m

8s

SW SW SW
13 km/h
🌔

Tue

1.6m-1.8m

6s

SW SW SSW
12 km/h
🌔

Wed

1.6m-1.7m

6s

S S S
13 km/h
🌔

Thu

1.6m-1.6m

6s

S
11 km/h
🌓

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 03:50 (0.98m) 10:30 (0.48m) 15:10 (0.65m) 21:10 (0.30m)
Morning Good

1.1m - 1.1m

189° S
Period: 7s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 14s
⚡ 29 kJ
Midday Fair

1.1m - 1.1m

190° S
Period: 7s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 11s
⚡ 29 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

191° S
Period: 7s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 10s
⚡ 35 kJ
At night Poor

1.2m - 1.3m

190° S
Period: 7s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 11s
⚡ 35 kJ
Tides: 04:22 (1.03m) 10:54 (0.48m) 15:54 (0.71m) 21:47 (0.32m)
Morning Fair

1.2m - 1.3m

202° SSW
Period: 10s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 8s
⚡ 71 kJ
Midday Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

199° SSW
Period: 10s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 6s
⚡ 83 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.3m - 1.3m

198° SSW
Period: 9s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 8s
⚡ 67 kJ
At night Fair

1.3m - 1.3m

197° SSW
Period: 10s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 11s
⚡ 83 kJ
Tides: 04:52 (1.10m) 11:20 (0.50m) 16:18 (0.77m) 22:13 (0.33m)
Morning Fair

1.2m - 1.2m

200° SSW
Period: 11s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 86 kJ
Midday Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

196° SSW
Period: 10s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 12s
⚡ 71 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.2m - 1.2m

196° SSW
Period: 10s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 13s
⚡ 71 kJ
At night Good

1.2m - 1.2m

220° SW
Period: 10s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 13s
⚡ 71 kJ
Tides: 05:15 (1.13m) 11:47 (0.47m) 16:54 (0.80m) 22:47 (0.31m)
Morning Good

1.1m - 1.1m

228° SW
Period: 13s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 100 kJ
Midday Good

1.0m - 1.1m

230° SW
Period: 12s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 16s
⚡ 71 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.0m - 1.1m

227° SW
Period: 13s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 8s
⚡ 83 kJ
At night Good

1.1m - 1.1m

226° SW
Period: 13s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 100 kJ
Tides: 05:38 (1.11m) 12:13 (0.41m) 17:30 (0.79m) 23:17 (0.30m)
Morning Good

1.4m - 1.7m

223° SW
Period: 13s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 4s
⚡ 163 kJ
Midday Good

1.7m - 1.8m

223° SW
Period: 13s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 8s
⚡ 240 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.8m - 2.0m

222° SW
Period: 12s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 11s
⚡ 229 kJ
At night Good

1.6m - 2.1m

221° SW
Period: 13s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 5s
⚡ 212 kJ
Tides: 06:08 (1.08m) 12:30 (0.39m) 18:13 (0.85m) 23:56 (0.37m)
Morning Good

2.0m - 2.1m

223° SW
Period: 11s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 4s
⚡ 238 kJ
Midday Fair

1.9m - 2.0m

224° SW
Period: 11s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 4s
⚡ 214 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.9m - 2.0m

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

2.0m - 2.1m

225° SW
Period: 11s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 5s
⚡ 238 kJ
Tides: 06:30 (1.07m) 12:56 (0.37m) 18:56 (0.90m)
Morning Good

1.7m - 1.8m

224° SW
Period: 10s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 4s
⚡ 142 kJ
Midday Fair

1.7m - 1.7m

224° SW
Period: 10s
19 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 5s
⚡ 142 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.7m - 1.7m

223° SW
Period: 10s
18 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 5s
⚡ 142 kJ
At night Good

1.8m - 1.9m

224° SW
Period: 10s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 4s
⚡ 159 kJ
Morning Epic

1.8m - 1.8m

224° SW
Period: 8s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.2m 9s
⚡ 102 kJ
Midday Fair

1.8m - 1.8m

182° S
Period: 6s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.2m 10s
⚡ 57 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.8m - 1.8m

189° S
Period: 6s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.2m 9s
⚡ 57 kJ
At night Good

1.8m - 1.8m

224° SW
Period: 10s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 6s
⚡ 159 kJ
Morning Epic

1.7m - 1.8m

182° S
Period: 6s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 10s
⚡ 51 kJ
Midday Fair

1.8m - 1.8m

181° S
Period: 6s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 10s
⚡ 57 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.7m - 1.8m

182° S
Period: 6s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 10s
⚡ 51 kJ
At night Good

1.7m - 1.8m

182° S
Period: 7s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 10s
⚡ 70 kJ
Morning Good

1.6m - 1.6m

180° S
Period: 6s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 16s
⚡ 45 kJ
Midday Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

180° S
Period: 6s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 15s
⚡ 45 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.6m - 1.6m

184° S
Period: 6s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 15s
⚡ 45 kJ
At night Good

1.6m - 1.7m

181° S
Period: 6s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 13s
⚡ 45 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

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

1.6m - 1.6m

184° S
Period: 6s
11 km/h
⚡ 45 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 1.1m 10s 1.0m / 7s S 9 km/h 0.5m / 14s SW - - 5.6 10+ km 0.49m
6
Mon 24 Aug 11:00 1.1m 10s 0.9m / 7s S 12 km/h 0.5m / 14s SW - - 7.3 1.2 km 0.49m
4
Mon 24 Aug 12:00 1.1m 10s 0.9m / 7s S 14 km/h 1.0m / 7s S - 0.22 m/s 8.3 1.5 km 0.53m
3
Mon 24 Aug 13:00 1.1m 10s 0.9m / 7s S 15 km/h 0.4m / 13s S - - 8.5 4.2 km 0.58m
4
Mon 24 Aug 14:00 1.1m 10s 0.9m / 7s S 17 km/h 0.5m / 13s SSW - - 7.8 10+ km 0.63m
4
Mon 24 Aug 15:00 1.1m 10s 0.9m / 7s S 16 km/h 1.0m / 7s S - - 6.3 10+ km 0.65m
3

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Surf information for Pampilla

Pampilla is a Intermediate level surf spot located in Lima, Lima, Perú. The bottom surface is roca. The best season to surf is April - October.

Today's conditions at Pampilla

Right now, Pampilla has waves of about 1.1m with a swell period of 7 seconds and S (12 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Pampilla you can practice surf and bodyboard. The area offers parking and restaurants. You can get there by car or public transport.

Water temperature and wetsuit

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

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Pampilla

Is the wave at Pampilla a left or a right?
The wave at Pampilla breaks mainly to the right.
What level do you need to surf at Pampilla?
Pampilla is a spot recommended for intermediate surfers.
What is the best season to surf at Pampilla?
The best season to surf at Pampilla is April - October.
Where is Pampilla located?
Pampilla is located in Miraflores, Lima, Peru.
How do you get to Pampilla?
You can reach Pampilla by car or public transport.
What is the water temperature at Pampilla?
The water is around 21 °C, so a 2/2 mm spring suit is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf bodyboard

Services

estacionamiento 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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