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Ala Moana

Lima, Lima - Barranco · Intermediate Epic
1.7m
8/10
12s 5 km/h
Ala Moana - surf spot in Lima

About Ala Moana

Ala Moana is a reef break on the Costa Verde, located between Barranco and Chorrillos, in Lima. Its main wave is a left that breaks over a rocky bottom and stands out for its consistency: it works much of the year and becomes especially clean with south to south-southwest groundswell and offshore east wind, which grooms and shapes the wall. It can work on different tides, which makes it a flexible option within the capital's urban wave circuit. Since it breaks over rock, it is wise to be careful with the bottom, and because of its central location it sometimes gets crowded. It is a wave recommended for intermediate level, ideal for those who want frequent sessions without leaving the city. With the Costa Verde cliffs as a backdrop, Ala Moana is a classic, accessible spot of Lima surfing, with quality waves just minutes from the heart of the city.

Characteristics

Level
Requires basic paddling and pop-up skills. Moderate power.
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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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-12.1516°, -77.0283° Lima

Ala Moana — Lima

Current Conditions

Updated 19/10/2026 00:02

Epic
8/10

Waves

1.7m

12.3s period

Primary Swell

1.5m

11.9s SW

Wind

5 km/h

Gusts 15 km/h ESE

Secondary Swell

0.8m

5.0s S

Temp.

23.5°C

🩳 Boardshorts

UV

0.0

Low

Visibility

4.3 km

Moderate

Sun & Moon

☀️
↑ 05:40
↓ 18:05
🌙
↑ 12:41
↓ 00:56
🌗 First Quarter

Neap tides

Tide

Falling

Low Tide 08:30 - 0.63m

Best Time to Surf Today

06:00 - 09:00

🌊 1.7m 💨 3 km/h
Epic 8/10 avg.

Today's Tides

High Tide

00:54

0.99m

Low Tide

08:30

0.63m

High Tide

13:30

0.68m

Low Tide

17:30

0.62m

Weekly Summary

Today

1.7m-1.8m

12s

SW SW SW
8 km/h
🌗

Tomorrow

1.8m-1.9m

10s

SW SW SW
11 km/h
🌗

Wed

1.9m-2.4m

12s

SW SW SW
15 km/h
🌖

Thu

2.4m-2.5m

11s

SSW SSW SSW
14 km/h
🌖

Fri

2.1m-2.4m

10s

SSW SSW SSW
14 km/h
🌖

Sat

2.1m-2.3m

7s

SSW SSW SSW
12 km/h
🌖

Sun

1.8m-2.1m

7s

S S S
9 km/h
🌕

Mon

1.6m-1.8m

6s

S S S
10 km/h
🌕

Tue

1.5m-1.6m

9s

S S S
11 km/h
🌕

Wed

0.0m-0.0m

13 km/h
🌔

Thu

0.0m-0.0m

12 km/h
🌔

Day Block Forecast

Tides: 00:54 (0.99m) 08:30 (0.63m) 13:30 (0.68m) 17:30 (0.62m)
Morning Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

222° SW
Period: 12s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.7m 6s
⚡ 204 kJ
Midday Epic

1.7m - 1.7m

222° SW
Period: 12s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 18s
⚡ 204 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.7m - 1.7m

222° SW
Period: 12s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 9s
⚡ 204 kJ
At night Epic

1.7m - 1.8m

222° SW
Period: 12s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 12s
⚡ 204 kJ
Tides: 01:30 (1.05m) 08:50 (0.61m) 14:30 (0.76m) 18:30 (0.65m)
Morning Epic

1.8m - 1.8m

220° SW
Period: 10s
8 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 16s
⚡ 159 kJ
Midday Good

1.9m - 1.9m

218° SW
Period: 10s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 16s
⚡ 177 kJ
Afternoon Good

1.9m - 1.9m

219° SW
Period: 9s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.2m 15s
⚡ 144 kJ
At night Epic

1.8m - 1.9m

223° SW
Period: 11s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.9m 13s
⚡ 192 kJ
Tides: 02:06 (1.10m) 09:15 (0.59m) 14:50 (0.84m) 19:50 (0.63m)
Morning Good

2.0m - 2.0m

216° SW
Period: 12s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 5s
⚡ 283 kJ
Midday Fair

2.1m - 2.1m

215° SW
Period: 12s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.3m 5s
⚡ 312 kJ
Afternoon Fair

2.2m - 2.3m

214° SW
Period: 12s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 5s
⚡ 342 kJ
At night Fair

2.1m - 2.4m

213° SSW
Period: 12s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 5s
⚡ 312 kJ
Tides: 02:30 (1.10m) 09:21 (0.50m) 15:30 (0.89m) 20:30 (0.58m)
Morning Epic

2.5m - 2.5m

211° SSW
Period: 11s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 5s
⚡ 371 kJ
Midday Fair

2.5m - 2.5m

208° SSW
Period: 10s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.4m 7s
⚡ 307 kJ
Afternoon Fair

2.4m - 2.5m

207° SSW
Period: 10s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 8s
⚡ 283 kJ
At night Good

2.5m - 2.5m

208° SSW
Period: 11s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.5m 5s
⚡ 371 kJ
Tides: 03:00 (1.09m) 09:39 (0.45m) 15:50 (0.96m) 21:20 (0.57m)
Morning Fair

2.3m - 2.3m

209° SSW
Period: 10s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 6s
⚡ 260 kJ
Midday Fair

2.3m - 2.3m

209° SSW
Period: 10s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 5s
⚡ 260 kJ
Afternoon Poor

2.2m - 2.2m

209° SSW
Period: 10s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m 5s
⚡ 238 kJ
At night Fair

2.2m - 2.4m

208° SSW
Period: 10s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 6s
⚡ 238 kJ
Tides: 03:21 (1.07m) 09:56 (0.40m) 16:30 (1.07m) 22:10 (0.58m)
Morning Good

2.2m - 2.2m

188° S
Period: 6s
7 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.2m 11s
⚡ 86 kJ
Midday Fair

2.3m - 2.3m

192° SSW
Period: 6s
16 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 11s
⚡ 94 kJ
Afternoon Fair

2.2m - 2.2m

190° S
Period: 6s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m 11s
⚡ 86 kJ
At night Fair

2.1m - 2.1m

189° S
Period: 7s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.2m 10s
⚡ 106 kJ
Morning Good

2.1m - 2.1m

188° S
Period: 7s
5 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 20s
⚡ 106 kJ
Midday Poor

2.0m - 2.0m

189° S
Period: 7s
12 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 19s
⚡ 96 kJ
Afternoon Poor

1.9m - 2.0m

190° S
Period: 7s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.2m 18s
⚡ 87 kJ
At night Good

2.0m - 2.1m

190° S
Period: 7s
9 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.6m 14s
⚡ 96 kJ
Morning Good

1.7m - 1.7m

185° S
Period: 6s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 10s
⚡ 51 kJ
Midday Good

1.6m - 1.6m

185° S
Period: 6s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 10s
⚡ 45 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.6m - 1.6m

184° S
Period: 6s
14 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 11s
⚡ 45 kJ
At night Good

1.7m - 1.8m

185° S
Period: 7s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 12s
⚡ 70 kJ
Morning Epic

1.5m - 1.5m

191° S
Period: 7s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 14s
⚡ 54 kJ
Midday Fair

1.5m - 1.5m

200° SSW
Period: 11s
15 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 10s
⚡ 134 kJ
Afternoon Fair

1.5m - 1.6m

221° SW
Period: 13s
17 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 8s
⚡ 187 kJ
At night Epic

1.5m - 1.6m

188° S
Period: 9s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 0.8m 14s
⚡ 89 kJ
Morning Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
9 km/h
Midday Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
16 km/h
Afternoon Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
16 km/h
At night Poor

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
13 km/h
Morning
Midday
Afternoon
At night Flat

0.0m - 0.0m

Period: 0s
12 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 01:00 1.7m 12s 1.5m / 12s SW 6 km/h 0.8m / 5s S - - 0.0 10+ km 0.99m
7
Mon 19 Oct 02:00 1.7m 12s 1.5m / 12s SW 5 km/h 0.8m / 5s S - - 0.0 4.3 km 0.96m
8
Mon 19 Oct 03:00 1.7m 12s 1.5m / 12s SW 4 km/h 0.8m / 5s S - - 0.0 0.6 km 0.91m
8
Mon 19 Oct 04:00 1.7m 12s 1.5m / 12s SW 3 km/h 0.8m / 5s S - - 0.0 0.3 km 0.84m
8
Mon 19 Oct 05:00 1.7m 12s 1.5m / 12s SW 3 km/h 0.8m / 5s S - - 0.0 0.3 km 0.77m
8
Mon 19 Oct 06:00 1.7m 13s 1.5m / 12s SW 3 km/h 0.8m / 5s S - 0.02 m/s 0.0 0.3 km 0.71m
8

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Surf information for Ala Moana

Ala Moana is a Intermediate level surf spot located in Lima, Lima, Perú. The bottom surface is arena y roca.

Today's conditions at Ala Moana

Right now, Ala Moana has waves of about 1.7m with a swell period of 12 seconds and ESE (5 km/h) wind. These conditions are updated every 3 hours with the latest forecast.

At Ala Moana you can practice surf. The area offers parking. You can get there by car or transporte público.

Water temperature and wetsuit

The water at Ala Moana is around 24 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Frequently asked questions about surfing at Ala Moana

Is the wave at Ala Moana a left or a right?
The wave at Ala Moana breaks mainly to the left.
What level do you need to surf at Ala Moana?
Ala Moana is a spot recommended for intermediate surfers.
Where is Ala Moana located?
Ala Moana is located in Barranco, Lima, Peru.
How do you get to Ala Moana?
You can reach Ala Moana by car or transporte público.
What is the water temperature at Ala Moana?
The water is around 24 °C, so boardshorts or a rash guard is recommended.

Sports, services & how to get there

Sports

surf

Services

estacionamiento

Access

Auto Transporte público

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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